May 15 2017
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The Times of India
(Chennai)
Northern districts fare poorly in board exam
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Adarsh Jain
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Coimbatore
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Absenteeism One Of The Main Causes
Despite efforts to ensure
100% pass percentage in government schools in the board exams, northern
districts have not been able to improve their figures over the years. In
fact, in the Class 12 state board results announced on Friday , three
out of the seven northern educational districts did not have even a
single government school with 100% pass percentage.
Educationists and government school teachers told TOI that teacher shortage,
lack of parental guidance and high absenteeism, both among teachers and students, are to be blamed.
The statistics provided by the directorate of government examinations show that three districts had no government schools with 100% pass rate, while the number of schools with 100% pass percentage in the remaining districts was in single digits. Moreover, the overall pass percentage was also poor among these districts.However, the number of students in government schools were high in these districts (six out of seven had more than 10,000 students).
A government school teacher from Vellore said that most students from government schools do not live with their parents. “It is the lack of parental guidance that is one of the problems among students here. Most of them live with their grandparents or relatives,“ said the teacher. “In the absence of their parents, students tend to bunk school or not show interest in education,“ the teacher added.
Absenteeism is high among students in the northern districts. A Tamil teacher from Tiruvannamalai cited an example of a student from his school who did not attend classes for even a single day last year, but was allowed to sit for the exam. “He failed,“ said the teacher. “Until a few years ago, the state govern ment was particular about attendance of at least 75-80%.Now, the officials are not concerned about the students' attendance,“ said the Tamil teacher.
It is not just students who absent themselves from school. “Teachers too bunk.Many government school teachers in rural areas do not come to duty regularly ,“ said general secretary of Tamil Nadu State Platform for Common Schools, P B Prince Gajendra Babu. “The district officials of the school education department should ensure that the teachers attend school regularly , which will help improve the performance of the students,“ he said.
On the other hand, there is shortage of teachers too.According to the state's school education department, the teacher to student ratio at the higher secondary level should be 1:40. “But, in Cuddalore district, government schools have 1:60 teacher-student ratio on average,“ said a government school teacher in Cuddalore. In Tiruvannamalai, a government school has only one Tamil teacher for 800 higher secondary students. “The state government should take steps to fill vacant posts in government schools and also stop deputing them for government work,“ said Gajendra Babu. The school education department too is planning to take steps to improve the performance of government schools. “We will hold a meeting shortly to decide on our plans for the northern districts,“ the principal secretary for the school education department T Udhayachandran had told TOI.
The statistics provided by the directorate of government examinations show that three districts had no government schools with 100% pass rate, while the number of schools with 100% pass percentage in the remaining districts was in single digits. Moreover, the overall pass percentage was also poor among these districts.However, the number of students in government schools were high in these districts (six out of seven had more than 10,000 students).
A government school teacher from Vellore said that most students from government schools do not live with their parents. “It is the lack of parental guidance that is one of the problems among students here. Most of them live with their grandparents or relatives,“ said the teacher. “In the absence of their parents, students tend to bunk school or not show interest in education,“ the teacher added.
Absenteeism is high among students in the northern districts. A Tamil teacher from Tiruvannamalai cited an example of a student from his school who did not attend classes for even a single day last year, but was allowed to sit for the exam. “He failed,“ said the teacher. “Until a few years ago, the state govern ment was particular about attendance of at least 75-80%.Now, the officials are not concerned about the students' attendance,“ said the Tamil teacher.
It is not just students who absent themselves from school. “Teachers too bunk.Many government school teachers in rural areas do not come to duty regularly ,“ said general secretary of Tamil Nadu State Platform for Common Schools, P B Prince Gajendra Babu. “The district officials of the school education department should ensure that the teachers attend school regularly , which will help improve the performance of the students,“ he said.
On the other hand, there is shortage of teachers too.According to the state's school education department, the teacher to student ratio at the higher secondary level should be 1:40. “But, in Cuddalore district, government schools have 1:60 teacher-student ratio on average,“ said a government school teacher in Cuddalore. In Tiruvannamalai, a government school has only one Tamil teacher for 800 higher secondary students. “The state government should take steps to fill vacant posts in government schools and also stop deputing them for government work,“ said Gajendra Babu. The school education department too is planning to take steps to improve the performance of government schools. “We will hold a meeting shortly to decide on our plans for the northern districts,“ the principal secretary for the school education department T Udhayachandran had told TOI.
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