Editorial
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| | Truant school teachers | | Absenteeism making primary education suffer in rural and remote areas | | | Suspension of over 40 teachers in the areas along Mughal Road in Rajouri and Poonch districts on Teachers' Day for remaining absent from their schools speaks of the absenteeism among them. This also goes on to show that the supervisory in these areas which are remote and far flung is very weak as a result of which many teachers in the schools do not attend or do not teach the students. It is unfortunate that these problems have been staring the state in its face for the several years because some of the schools have seen a very high drop out rate of the students within a few years and months of their enrolment. In the absence of teachers in remote and far flung areas, the parents also do not send their wards to schools. This has been leading high drop out rate amongf the children. Despite the fact that these statistics are available with the ministers and higher authorities no action has been initiated against the erring teachers so far. The system of co-opting the local sarpanches and other representatives for keeping a tab on the teachers has failed because the government has failed to come up to their aspirations so far as their feedback to the authorities was concerned. On the other hand, teachers enjoying political influence have refused to join their duties and the teaching work continues to suffer. In certain cases, it has been pointed out that majority of the teachers coming from main urban centres in the state do not report for duties in rural areas. Same is the case with teachers from far flung areas not reporting for duty if they are posted in some other remote areas where there is no transport or residential facility available to them. The government should formulate a comprehensive policy while posting teachers in the areas of their choice so that school education does not suffer. |
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