Now, teachers to undergo training

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 12

Taking note of the poor pass percentage of government schools in the CBSE Class X exam results, the UT Education Department has decided to hold a training programme for government school teachers as per subject requirement.

The Education Department has sought the assistance of the State Council of Educational Research and Training, Chandigarh, for training and will also have experts from outside if needed. “There have been so many changes in teaching methods. New study applications and innovations in the education system will also be part of the training so that they are exposed to new teaching methodology,” UT Education Secretary BL Sharma told Chandigarh Tribune.

As most students performed badly in mathematics, science and social science, number of teachers of these subjects will be getting the training. The department has asked the school principals concerned to send teachers for the training.

75 pass percentage must, teachers told

During a meeting, the Education Secretary told the principals and heads of government schools to have minimum 75 per cent pass percentage in this ongoing session in Class X, here on Thursday. Only 48% of students passed in the Class X exams this year, sending alarm bells ringing in the Education Department. “The principals and heads are told not to indulge in politics and concentrate on teaching. They are also told to get minimum of 75% pass percentage. The teachers here get best salaries and good infrastructure compared to other cities, thus the results must improve,” added Sharma.

Proposal to relieve teachers from poll duty

The Education Department has written to the Administration not to assign election duties to teachers as it hampered their teaching. Teachers have been demanding that they should not be given any non-teaching work for a long time. However, now it has been proposed that the booth-level officer (BLO) duties not be assigned to teachers. The department has already decided not to give grace marks to Class IX students, which used to enable them to jump to Class X from the current session. The department is also going to form a committee of principals and heads which will visit different schools to keep a check on their working. The committee will give its feedback to the department. Acting tough, the Education Department has already suspended a principal and four heads of government schools, besides transferring three school in-charges over poor result. Earlier, 56 teachers were served show-cause notices.