Proxy teachers badly affects children education in hills: TSA SH
Source: The Sangai Express

Kangpokpi, December 23 2018: The Thadou Students' Organization Sadar Hills has expressed that the culture of proxy teachers is the root cause of pathetic education in the Government run schools in the hill districts of the State which the concerned authority must deal with immediate remedial measures from the next academic session.

The student body while furnishing its school inspection report stated that the inspection of schools was carried out with the aim to bring quality education especially in the Government run schools in the hill districts of the State particularly in Kangpokpi district from April to December this year.

Speaking to media persons, Paominlun Lhouvum, Education Secretary, TSA Sadar Hills said that since April this year TSA Sadar Hills started inspection of Government schools within the district and took stock of the situation and found that in most of the Government run schools there are proxy teachers which has affected the proper functioning of schools apart from various others problems and hardships.

He continued that TSA Sadar Hills inspection team led by its president and general secretary had inspected a number of Government High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools including Saitu H/S, Hengbung H/S, Bishnulal H/S, Motbung H/ S, Thonglang Akutpa H/S, Chalwa H/S, Irang Part-II H/S, Maohing Jr Hindi (Aided) H/S, Mongbung H/S, Pangjang Jr H/S, Thangtong Hr Sec Schools, Molkon H/S, Palal Jr H/S (Aided), Kangchup Chingkhong Jr H/S, Bungte Chiru H/S and JNV Kangpokpi.

He also said that during inspection they found that there was no proper implementation of mid-day meal scheme in some schools while maximum of the teachers were also used in other departments.

Bad condition of classroom, lack of infrastructure, bad condition of approach road connecting the schools, no partition for classrooms, non-availability of proper facilities for toilet, bad condition of teachers and staffs room etc, are some of the finding of the inspection team of TSA-SH, he said.

He said that Government schools like Bungte Chiru High School have only few teachers in which half of them were utilized in other departments and other schools like Model, Motbung H/S have hostel facilities which is in pitiable condition due to poor management while Saitu H/S is left with only 8 teachers.

Bishnulal H/S have also faced similar problem of utilization of teachers.

Despite of the commendable 530 students, 13 teachers were utilized in various department, offices and other schools and there was no teachers to take teach Thadou subject (MIL subject) even if there were good numbers of students taking Thadou subject.

Kangchup Chingkhong Jr H/S has only 2 rooms minus staff rooms.

Pangjang Jr H/S is yet to receive free school uniforms provided by the Government.

Molkon H/S also face similar problems of teachers utilization and there is no proper and separate toilet for boys and girls.

Chalwa H/S has no regular Headmaster with some teachers utilized in other purpose while most of the remaining schools faced lots of similar problems such as bad condition of rooms, absence of proper toilets, lack of teaching and non teaching staffs, etc.

TSA being a student organization focusing on quality Education is deeply sad on the practice of utilization of teachers in other schools, offices, departments and other purposes said the Education Secretary while adding that many teachers get their salary from the school they are posted but work in other schools, departments or offices while giving burden and problem to the students where they are supposed to impart education.

He continued that owing to such callous practice of utilization of teachers, proper and quality education is far from reaching the schools in the hill districts and such practice has deeply affected the education of children studying in the Government schools in the hill districts.

He also said that the student body is of the view that abolition of the practice of proxy teachers, availability of adequate teachers, proper infrastructures, good conditions of roads, proper toilet facilities, good condition of classroom and some other points, are some of the basic needs to promote and bring quality education in hill districts.

Therefore, we sincerely appeal the concerned authority and the State Government to take up immediate remedial measures from the next academic session in the larger interest of quality education failing which TSA Sadar Hills will no more remain a mute spectator, Paominlun added.

Meanwhile, TSA-SH appealed all the students from Kangpokpi District who will appear in the HSLC and HSE examinations next year to focus on their studies while cautioning that TSA Sadar Hills will strictly monitor the conduct of examinations for better and quality education in the District.

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