Bathinda, December 26
Non-implementation of the rationalisation policy 2013, dismissing teachers absent from duty for long, laying of foundation stone for a residential school for meritorious students - the year 2013 saw several events in the field of school education.
The year began with an uproar over the rationalisation policy issued by the state education department as it stated that the teacher-student ratio should be 1:35 in primary schools, 1:40 in high schools and in senior secondary classes, it should be 1:50 while the Right to Education (RTE) Act states that the teacher student ratio should be 1:30 in middle schools.
The revised rationalisation policy issued by the education department also met with the same fate as it was based on the number of rooms available in the school and stated that a school could hold only as many classes as it had rooms and since the schools couldn't stop admitting students, they would have to adjust more students in the rooms available.
In an attempt to save its teachers from being shunted, several schools in the district either took to dividing available rooms into two or turning store rooms or other rooms meant for office work into classrooms.
The state school education department also failed to make sure that its own orders were implemented. School heads were asked several times to compile a list of the rooms and buildings on their schools premises declared unsafe by the Buildings & Roads (B&R) department. The Director General of School Education (DGSE) had to send repeated reminders for the implementation of the rule but the schools defied the orders openly.
Making the sordid state of affairs in the government schools in the district evident was the fact that books, to be provided free of cost to students under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, reached the schools four months after the start of the academic session. More delayed was the release of funds for uniforms for students under the SSA. The funds reached the schools in the second week of December.
The state education department, however, scored when it came down heavily on the teachers of government schools who had been absent for long period from the school. Several such 'absentee' teachers were first notified and then dismissed from service by the department.
The mid-day meal scheme in the district suffered a major upheaval after the state education department suddenly announced that it was giving out the work of preparing and distributing meals to a private firm from West Bengal starting October 1. While the mid-day meal cooks in the schools protested against the decision, the new firm delivered the food later than scheduled for the first few days.
The year ended on a positive note as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal laid the foundation stone of a residential school for meritorious students on the premises of the Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus, Bathinda.
Highlights
The state education department, however, scored when it came down heavily on the teachers of government schools who had been absent for long period from the school. Several such 'absentee' teachers were first notified and then dismissed from service by the department.
Non-implementation of the rationalisation policy 2013, dismissing teachers absent from duty for long, laying of foundation stone for a residential school for meritorious students - the year 2013 saw several events in the field of school education.
The year began with an uproar over the rationalisation policy issued by the state education department as it stated that the teacher-student ratio should be 1:35 in primary schools, 1:40 in high schools and in senior secondary classes, it should be 1:50 while the Right to Education (RTE) Act states that the teacher student ratio should be 1:30 in middle schools.
The revised rationalisation policy issued by the education department also met with the same fate as it was based on the number of rooms available in the school and stated that a school could hold only as many classes as it had rooms and since the schools couldn't stop admitting students, they would have to adjust more students in the rooms available.
In an attempt to save its teachers from being shunted, several schools in the district either took to dividing available rooms into two or turning store rooms or other rooms meant for office work into classrooms.
The state school education department also failed to make sure that its own orders were implemented. School heads were asked several times to compile a list of the rooms and buildings on their schools premises declared unsafe by the Buildings & Roads (B&R) department. The Director General of School Education (DGSE) had to send repeated reminders for the implementation of the rule but the schools defied the orders openly.
Making the sordid state of affairs in the government schools in the district evident was the fact that books, to be provided free of cost to students under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, reached the schools four months after the start of the academic session. More delayed was the release of funds for uniforms for students under the SSA. The funds reached the schools in the second week of December.
The state education department, however, scored when it came down heavily on the teachers of government schools who had been absent for long period from the school. Several such 'absentee' teachers were first notified and then dismissed from service by the department.
The mid-day meal scheme in the district suffered a major upheaval after the state education department suddenly announced that it was giving out the work of preparing and distributing meals to a private firm from West Bengal starting October 1. While the mid-day meal cooks in the schools protested against the decision, the new firm delivered the food later than scheduled for the first few days.
The year ended on a positive note as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal laid the foundation stone of a residential school for meritorious students on the premises of the Giani Zail Singh Punjab Technical University Campus, Bathinda.
Highlights
The state education department, however, scored when it came down heavily on the teachers of government schools who had been absent for long period from the school. Several such 'absentee' teachers were first notified and then dismissed from service by the department.
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