Moreh Govt school lies in tatters
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 02 2011:
Even though the Right to Education Act has been implemented across the length and breadth of the country and when the Centre has focused on all-round-development of Moreh town, the only State-run higher secondary school at the border town is facing shortage of staff and supply of sub-standard furniture.
Moreh, the focal point of India's ambitious 'Look East Policy', transacts around Rs five crore in the ongoing commercial activities between the two neighboring countries.
School Management and Development Committee (SMDC) of Moreh Government Higher Secondary School said the school has been facing shortage of staff since the last three years.
This has hampered the smooth academic flow in the school, it lamented.
OM Haokip, president of the management committee, urged the authorities concerned to look into the matter seriously to ensure that the career of the students are not compromised.
Untimely demise of staff members, their retirement on superannuation, transfer on promotion without suitable replacements, utilization of teachers in other schools and SSA projects are the key reasons for the lack of staff, Haokip said in a statement.
This has seriously affected the smooth functioning of the school particularly in the teaching and learning processes, he said adding that despite the shortage of staff, the school has a whooping 553 students.
Though the total sanctioned post of the school is 32, it has only 17 excluding the headmaster and assistant headmaster, the statement said adding that the furniture items supplied to the school under the Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) lack quality.
The school, which was upgraded to higher secondary status in the 2008-2009 academic session, scored cent percent pass in Science stream and over ninety percent in Arts stream in the standard XII examination this year.
On Friday Inspector General of Assam Rifles Major Gen UK Gurung, who interacted with community leaders of Moreh, assured them that all co-operation would be forwarded to help develop the border town.