Following the orders of the Chief Minister, the Director General of School Education (DGSE) today conducted a surprise checking of several government middle and senior secondary schools.
Teams, constituted and working under the guidance of DGSE Kumar Rahul, checked 70 schools in the district today. The primary purpose of this checking was to ensure the presence of teachers in the schools and also take stock of the facilities being extended to the students.
During the checking, the students and teachers were marked on the parameters of maintenance of records, general knowledge, basic knowledge of subjects being taught by individual teachers and others.
DGSE checked a couple of schools himself and apart from asking questions, he also held discussions with the school heads, teachers and students to ascertain what the state education department could do to raise the level of education.
During the checking the workings at the Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) Ghuman Kalan, Government High School Bangi Raghu, Gurthadi, Bhai Rupa, and GSSS Dyalpura Sirja were found to be satisfactory. The workings at the GSSS Dhadhe and GHS Bandi were found to be below standard.
District Education Officer (secondary) Harkanwaljeet Kaur addressed a meeting of the school heads in the afternoon, in the presence of DGSE Kumar Rahul. She said the teachers were taking steps to raise the standard of education being imparted in the schools.
She added that the teachers had started paying special attention to increasing the general knowledge base of the students, encouraging students to take interest in science, computer science and sports.
Expressing displeasure over the fact that during checking several schools were found to be wanting in the field of welfare of the students and taking out annual students’ magazine. Taking a serious note of the fact that heads of many schools didn’t have knowledge of the directions issued by the education department and the DEO office, she exhorted all the school heads to make sure that all the directions are followed.
Addressing the gathering, the DGSE said the department would not show any leniency towards teachers who were not doing their duties sincerely. He also said if any case of dereliction of duty was found in the future, action would be taken against the teachers concerned and the heads of those schools.
Teachers found absent
During the checking of schools in the district, the inspection teams found four teachers absent, 32 arriving late and five absent for a long duration. The DGSE issued warnings to the teachers who arrived late, asked the absentees for a written explanation for their absence and ordered departmental action against the teachers who have been absent from duty for a long.
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