Extra classes sans adequate staff of no use: Teachers
Sanjeev Singh Bariana/TNS
Chandigarh, October 6
Government schoolteachers have questioned the rationale behind the order to hold remedial classes in science and mathematics for slow learners of Class IX without the element of accountability.
They argue that these classes would not serve the purpose since the same teachers take classes during school hours. Besides, there were scores of schools which did not have a
ny science or math teacher, they said.
Gurbachan Singh, president, math teachers association, claimed that students lag behind in these two subjects as at least 1,500 government schools had no mathematics and science teacher.
Pawan Kumar, a mathematics teacher, said: “Special classes will have no relevance when there are no regular classes”. Besides, as per the amended norms, schools have been barred from hiring special teachers from private sources.
The government schools have been told to take special classes from October 1 to December 6 out of funds released under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.
A formal communication from Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary (Schools), said: “Schools should accommodate at least 10 per cent students in special classes which should be conducted at least for an hour before or after the school time. The cluster heads are expected to arrange for teachers in schools that do not have the required staff”.
Gurbeer Singh, a mathematics teacher, said: “We appreciate the government’s concern for weak students. But, it is unfortunate that schools were not consulted before taking this decision. Earlier, several educated unemployed youth of villages got employment and children too had responded well to new teachers”.
A school principal from the border village of Amritsar said: “It is difficult for women teachers to devote extra time. The government should call representatives of school heads as well as subject teachers to work out a better system for the implementation of remedial classes”.
Sanjeev Singh Bariana/TNS
Chandigarh, October 6
Government schoolteachers have questioned the rationale behind the order to hold remedial classes in science and mathematics for slow learners of Class IX without the element of accountability.
They argue that these classes would not serve the purpose since the same teachers take classes during school hours. Besides, there were scores of schools which did not have a
ny science or math teacher, they said.
Gurbachan Singh, president, math teachers association, claimed that students lag behind in these two subjects as at least 1,500 government schools had no mathematics and science teacher.
Pawan Kumar, a mathematics teacher, said: “Special classes will have no relevance when there are no regular classes”. Besides, as per the amended norms, schools have been barred from hiring special teachers from private sources.
The government schools have been told to take special classes from October 1 to December 6 out of funds released under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.
A formal communication from Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary (Schools), said: “Schools should accommodate at least 10 per cent students in special classes which should be conducted at least for an hour before or after the school time. The cluster heads are expected to arrange for teachers in schools that do not have the required staff”.
Gurbeer Singh, a mathematics teacher, said: “We appreciate the government’s concern for weak students. But, it is unfortunate that schools were not consulted before taking this decision. Earlier, several educated unemployed youth of villages got employment and children too had responded well to new teachers”.
A school principal from the border village of Amritsar said: “It is difficult for women teachers to devote extra time. The government should call representatives of school heads as well as subject teachers to work out a better system for the implementation of remedial classes”.
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