The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Gurugram has instructed educational officials to identify the schools running without mandatory Government permission. The DC has issued orders that such schools must take permission from the education department before March 2018 to avoid any action against them. The DC also has also appealed to the parents not to admit their children to such schools.
“It has come to my notice that hundreds of private schools are running in the district without prior Government permission. We have formed a team of educational officials which will guide the parents to admit their children in affiliated schools who are running as per the Government rules," said Vinay Pratap Singh the DC.
He said that many private schools are found running without proper security arrangements and even do not have basic facilities which are mandatory as per the Government norms.
“District Education Officers and District Elementary Education Officers have been directed to ensure that any private school should not be opened without necessary permissions and submitted a list of those schools that are not following mandatory Government permission before March 2018. So that a strict action will be initiated against them,” the DC said.
As per the norms, secondary schools should have five-acres of land in rural areas for their operation while in the city it should be two-acres. Besides, around 20 to 24 classrooms, playground and teachers should have B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education) degree.
Talking about the quality education in the Government schools, the DC said “the government schools initiated measures to improve the quality of education on par of corporate schools by adopting methods to keep a strict vigil on the performance of students.”
Meanwhile, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) have started learning Enhancement Programme (lEP) to improve the education system in the state.
"The institution has also started training of 640 newly promoted primary school principal in their campus. During the 21-day training, the teachers will come to know how to improve quality educations, school performance, and effective teaching lessons," he said.
"The monthly assessment test in the school will definitely beneficial for the quality education and our only aim to improve education graph in the state. The assessment test will surely improve the school result in the state. A surprise visit during the test will also be conducted by the officials," Dr Kiranmayee, Director (SCERT), said.