Considering the poor performance of students in Intermediate science stream declared recently, School Education and literacy department has issued a communiqué to all the respective DCs and Director primary education recently. Suggesting action against the teachers, Headmasters and education department officials the communiqué clearly mentioned that those schools whose results have been degraded to 20, 30 and 40 per cent in science stream, the headmasters including the teachers of the respective schools will face the music soon. The salary of both teachers and headmasters will be deducted accordingly.
The circular also stated that the performance of the teachers and headmasters of the respective schools will be mentioned in their service record book. Few of them will be transferred to interior regions too for not delivering their duties properly.
Notably, the result of Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) intermediate science stream had been very poor in a number of Government schools across the State and it has led the department to initiate inquiry. Inspections carried under the School Education and literacy Department officials stated that schools lack basic infrastructure requirement which is one major hurdle in imparting science education among kids.
“We are preparing the list of teachers and Headmasters, within a week the list will be presented to the respective DCs under District Education Establishment Committee. According to the performance, as many as 12 districts have been identified. Approximately, 300 teachers have been identified and will face action. In the first week of July, the department is also planning to conduct a workshop to know students opinion giving emphasis on quality education prerequisite,” said, Ranchi DEO, Rajkumar Prasad Singh.
Notably, JAC figure depicts that approximately 400 students of intermediate science stream has scored zero in mathematics paper this year. Few students just managed to score the pass marks in the board exam. In science stream large number of students has scored less than 10 marks in science subjects and mathematics. As many as 18 schools across the state are under scanner, whose results have degraded in the science stream.
Districts like latehar witnessed 27.02 per cent decline in commerce result whereas East Singhbhum witnessed 28.40 per cent fall in science stream. Gumla, Deoghar, lohardaga, Godda, Dhanbad too witnessed decline of 21.15, 14.10, 11.80, 11.10 per cent respectively in science stream result this year.