English teacher chided for inefficiency

Kothagudem: The Commissioner of Tribal Welfare Dr Christina Z Chongthu fired on an English teacher, who failed to answer to her questions in English language.The Commissioner, along with tribal welfare department officials, visited Regupally Ashrama School and other government schools in the agency area of Dummugudem mandal recently.

During her visit, she inspected the class rooms and interacted with the teachers. She asked an English teacher a few questions on how to teach lessons to the students and also asked to explain teaching methods. She was angry as the teacher couldn’t answer properly and his inefficiency to speak in English.

The Commissioner ordered the ITDA officials to submit a report of the incident. This is not the case of this school alone. In almost all schools in rural areas, the students are facing problems without proper teaching methods. Though the government had provided several facilities for the students to improve English languages in district and digital classes were introduced to improve the language, but the teachers are not using these methods.

Most of the SSC students fail in in English subject. The pass percentage of 46 Ashram Schools and 18 hostels under the Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Bhadrachalam, in the last few years was like this.

In 2015-16 and 2016-17, average result was secured in ITDA schools. In 2015-16, 2,994 students appeared for tenth class exams and only 2,304 students passed. In 2016-17 academic year, 2,712 students appeared for SSC exams and only 2,228 students were passed. Large number of students have failed in English subject in agency areas.