AGRA: Answer sheets of class 10 and 12 of Uttar Pradesh Board are being corrected by teachers having no knowledge of those subjects, alleged teachers who are on a collision course with the state government.
In a letter shot off to Board authorities, RP Mishra, state president of Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Sangh, mentioned around a dozen cases in the state capital where teachers were evaluating copies of the subjects they have never taught. Similar cases have also been reported from Mainpuri and Firozabad, he alleged.
"Hindi teachers are checking mathematics copies. And if the Board has allotted wrong subjects to nine teachers in just one school (in Lucknow), one can easily know the scenario across the state. I have also found students' photographs pasted on teachers' ID cards in many cases and have reported the same to the Board authorities, but no action has been taken," Mishra told TOI.
More than 45,000 teachers have boycotted the evaluation work for the past six days over their three-point demands, including payment of outstanding dues of previous years evaluation work, fixing a minimum wage for teachers of unaided schools and start of a pension scheme for teachers of government-aided schools. Around 1.40 crore copies are to be evaluated within next two weeks. At least 1.05 lakh teachers were deployed for the purpose by UP Board, out of which majority have boycotted the work.
Even as principal's union too came out in support of teachers on the boycott, police were deployed at evaluation centres to stop teachers boycotting the evaluation of answer-sheets of class X and XII of UP Board from entering the premises on Saturday after secondary education department decided to act tough against them.
Board secretary Amarnath Verma denied Mishra's allegations, saying no such incident has come to his knowledge. However, he added if there were such cases, school authorities should report the matter to DIOS who will take corrective measures.
"It is the responsibility of district inspectors of schools (DIOS) to ensure that examinations and evaluations commence smoothly. The DIOS forward us the sanction latter for the teachers who can evaluate the answer sheets and the Board can allot subjects to the respective teachers accordingly. In case there are cases in which wrong copies have been given to teachers, the school authorities should report the matter to the DIOS," Verma added.
Echoing Verma's views, Mainpuri DIOS RP Yadav said that the evaluation centre superintendents where such irregularities have been found can get the teacher to fill a form in which they have to mention their correct subjects and the one allotted by the Board. "Following this, the teacher will be given the copies of the subject they have specialized in," he said.
Ajay Sharma, district head of UP Board Teachers' Association in Agra, blamed the mess on private schools. "In most private schools, teachers are not well-qualified. Any graduate can be hired. Since UP Board has no control on private schools, there is no measure to stop the practice of poor evaluations as well," Sharma said.
It is noteworthy here that out of 20,945 schools affiliated with the Board across the state, 65 percent are private ones.
In a letter shot off to Board authorities, RP Mishra, state president of Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Sangh, mentioned around a dozen cases in the state capital where teachers were evaluating copies of the subjects they have never taught. Similar cases have also been reported from Mainpuri and Firozabad, he alleged.
"Hindi teachers are checking mathematics copies. And if the Board has allotted wrong subjects to nine teachers in just one school (in Lucknow), one can easily know the scenario across the state. I have also found students' photographs pasted on teachers' ID cards in many cases and have reported the same to the Board authorities, but no action has been taken," Mishra told TOI.
More than 45,000 teachers have boycotted the evaluation work for the past six days over their three-point demands, including payment of outstanding dues of previous years evaluation work, fixing a minimum wage for teachers of unaided schools and start of a pension scheme for teachers of government-aided schools. Around 1.40 crore copies are to be evaluated within next two weeks. At least 1.05 lakh teachers were deployed for the purpose by UP Board, out of which majority have boycotted the work.
Even as principal's union too came out in support of teachers on the boycott, police were deployed at evaluation centres to stop teachers boycotting the evaluation of answer-sheets of class X and XII of UP Board from entering the premises on Saturday after secondary education department decided to act tough against them.
Board secretary Amarnath Verma denied Mishra's allegations, saying no such incident has come to his knowledge. However, he added if there were such cases, school authorities should report the matter to DIOS who will take corrective measures.
"It is the responsibility of district inspectors of schools (DIOS) to ensure that examinations and evaluations commence smoothly. The DIOS forward us the sanction latter for the teachers who can evaluate the answer sheets and the Board can allot subjects to the respective teachers accordingly. In case there are cases in which wrong copies have been given to teachers, the school authorities should report the matter to the DIOS," Verma added.
Echoing Verma's views, Mainpuri DIOS RP Yadav said that the evaluation centre superintendents where such irregularities have been found can get the teacher to fill a form in which they have to mention their correct subjects and the one allotted by the Board. "Following this, the teacher will be given the copies of the subject they have specialized in," he said.
Ajay Sharma, district head of UP Board Teachers' Association in Agra, blamed the mess on private schools. "In most private schools, teachers are not well-qualified. Any graduate can be hired. Since UP Board has no control on private schools, there is no measure to stop the practice of poor evaluations as well," Sharma said.
It is noteworthy here that out of 20,945 schools affiliated with the Board across the state, 65 percent are private ones.
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