A month after session began, no classes in many Delhi govt schools
27 July 2014 6:14 AM IST
As per the academic schedule of DOE, hiring of these guest teachers and the process of admission should be completed during the summer vacation and classes should start from 1st July, but this year the DOE has failed to meet both targets. Delhi government runs 1007 schools from primary to senior secondary level in which over 4.38 lakh students are enrolled.
‘My son goes to school every day but returns with a complain that most of the classes were not taken due to absence of teachers,’ said Arun Mishra, whose son studied in Rajkiya Prathibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV). There are 17 RPVVs in Delhi, which are considered elite schools of Delhi government with teacher and student ration of 1:35, whereas teacher and student ratio in other schools is 1:60 or more.
No improvement in the situation is likely any time soon as DOE has recently cancelled the process of appointment of guest teachers, and senior officers of the department are tight lipped on the issue. DOE’s Padmini Singhla could not be contacted. Principal secretary of education department of Delhi government Anindo Majumdar said, ‘We will sort the issue very soon and restart the process of the appointment of guest teachers.’
In a government school in Mukundpur, Burari area, there are only five contractual teachers for 3,770 students. The school has 17 classrooms and 24 sections from classes VI to VIII and is run in two shifts. ‘At the beginning of the session, there was only the principal and one teacher. After we protested, the DOE sent some teachers from other schools,’ said Sanjeev Jha, Aam Aadmi Party leader and MLA of the area.
‘My son goes to school every day but returns with a complain that most of the classes were not taken due to absence of teachers,’ said Arun Mishra, whose son studied in Rajkiya Prathibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV). There are 17 RPVVs in Delhi, which are considered elite schools of Delhi government with teacher and student ration of 1:35, whereas teacher and student ratio in other schools is 1:60 or more.
No improvement in the situation is likely any time soon as DOE has recently cancelled the process of appointment of guest teachers, and senior officers of the department are tight lipped on the issue. DOE’s Padmini Singhla could not be contacted. Principal secretary of education department of Delhi government Anindo Majumdar said, ‘We will sort the issue very soon and restart the process of the appointment of guest teachers.’
In a government school in Mukundpur, Burari area, there are only five contractual teachers for 3,770 students. The school has 17 classrooms and 24 sections from classes VI to VIII and is run in two shifts. ‘At the beginning of the session, there was only the principal and one teacher. After we protested, the DOE sent some teachers from other schools,’ said Sanjeev Jha, Aam Aadmi Party leader and MLA of the area.
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