Academicians and intellectuals here on Sunday raised concern over the Central and State Governments’ inefficiency to recruit adequate numbers of teachers in schools, colleges and universities thereby depriving students of imparting quality education.
Speaking at a State-level convention on various educational issues organsied by the All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO), noted educationist Prof Birendra Nayak said, “Shortage of teaching staffs in educational institutions has now become a major issue. It needs urgent attention of both the State and Central Governments to take appropriate steps at their ends to appoint adequate numbers of teaching faculties.”
The convention reiterated the AIDSO’s demand of reintroduction of pass-fail system up to Class VIII, stopping of commercialisation of education, repeated fee hikes and the semester system, besides urging the Government to reintroduce manual admission and safety for girl students.
Among others, AIDSO State unit president Akshay Das, Prof lP Singh, Sourav Mukherjee, Chittaranjan Mohanty, Ashish Mohapatra, Subhajit Ghosh, Biranchi Das, Rajkishore Padhi, Padmanav Sahoo and Somanath Mohapatra also spoke.