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Single-teacher schools affecting education
There are some schools in the district having less number of students run by single teachers. The State government has made such an arrangement to run primary schools from class 1 to 5. One such school is a primary school situated at Shivajinagar in the city having around 10 students. If for any reason, the teacher is absent, the school remains locked and the students are forced to return home.
Nizamabad: There are some schools in the district having less number of students run by single teachers. The State government has made such an arrangement to run primary schools from class 1 to 5. One such school is a primary school situated at Shivajinagar in the city having around 10 students. If for any reason, the teacher is absent, the school remains locked and the students are forced to return home.
In some other schools in the Nizamabad city, even if there are education volunteers (vidya volunteers) to take classes in case the teacher is absent, they are not in a position to do so as the school remains locked. In such schools, classes are not conducted regularly and by the time the students go to upper primary school, they neither know how to read or write.
Although the State government took several steps to strengthen government schools and introducing educational reforms, the students are not being benefitted fully.
According to reports, there are 114 government schools run by single teachers in the entire district. Among these, there are three gurukul schools and 111 primary schools. If there are more than 30 students in a primary school, the government appointed vidya volunteers.
However, these vidya volunteers are not attending schools regularly. Whenever, competitive examinations are advertised, the vidya volunteers quit to start preparing for them. As a result, classes are cancelled.
All the students are made to sit at one congested place for classes without dividing them into various classes and the process of learning is becoming extremely difficult. Ultimately, it is the students who are at the receiving end as they have no opportunity to enhance their knowledge.
The government is thinking of closing down the schools with less number of students and merging them with other schools. Speaking to The Hans India here on Wednesday, District Educational Officer Rajesh said that the government was taking necessary steps to ensure that classes were conducted regularly in the single-teacher run schools.
He said that if any teacher in such schools goes on leave, alternative arrangements would be made to run these schools.
He said that they do not have any information regarding the regularisation or merging of these schools and they were still collecting information on it.
