Various sections of the society are unanimous in their concerns for improving the level of education in government schools located in urban and rural areas. Inspite of this, several Government schools in the city are facing crunch of teachers in the State capital.
Only one teacher has been posted in Government primary school Aaraghar-I and she is teaching as many as 107 students studying in Classes I-V. Aaraghar is located a few kilometers from the Secretariat and office of the District Magistrate. Following the direction of the Dehradun District Magistrate Dr BVRC Purushottam, the district education officers checked the implementation of the midday meal scheme, students’ attendance and other aspects in several Government schools on Monday.
Sub-divisional magistrate Mohan Singh Barnia conducted surprise inspection in several Government schools and learnt that students’ attendance was not satisfactory, deployment of teachers in the schools was not appreciable as per students’ strength, the execution of MDMS and other Government sponsored schemes was not upto the standard in some schools.
The officer also observed irregularities in execution of MDMS in some schools. Barnia inspected Government Primary School Aaraghar-I and found in the register that the number of students who were provided meal under MDMS was more than the students’attending the school on Monday.
A total of 107 students have been registered in the school but only 22 students were present. The school principal laxmi Dhaundiyal said that she is the only teacher in the school and she faces difficulties while trying to teach 107 students and execute MDMS effectively. In Purv Uchchatar Madhyamik School, Police line, five teachers have been deployed of whom two teachers were found absent on Monday.
A teacher Tripti Sharma has been attached to City Education office two years ago. Out of 52 students, only 22 students were present on Monday. The SDM directed the basic education officer PK Saklani to take action against the school principal who failed to answer about execution of MDMS satisfactorily.
Barnia also inspected GPS, Ajabpur Kalan-II and found that only 68 out of 146 students were present in the school. The officer inspected Purv Madhyamik School Nakraunda where 31 out of 42 students were present on Monday.