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HRD formula: More teachers for better quality
The Human Resource Development ministry
asks state governments to appoint more teachers for mathematics and
sciences to improve quality of school education in India
The National Council for Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)
recently found that over 50 per cent of Class V level government
school students fail to solve simple mathematics questions like
multiple addition and subtraction.
“We would ask the state education
secretaries at a conference on Tuesday to appointment at least two
teachers for maths and science,” a senior HRD ministry official
told Hindustan Times.
In the two-day conference, the HRD
ministry will review progress of its schemes for school education
— Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid Day Meal and Adult Education programme
— with state education secretaries.
The ministry will also seek feedback
on the Central government proposal to open 6,000 new model
secondary schools in the country.
According to the National University
of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
annual survey, released in January, about 57 per cent schools in
India have less than three teachers and about 11 per cent have
only one teacher.
Admitting of huge shortfall of
teachers, the HRD ministry official said that the states would be
requested to speed up recruitment of teachers to fill vacancies.
However, the focus of recruitment would be for maths and sciences.
“The state governments can take some
policy initiatives to recruit qualified teachers for schools, he
added. The ministry also expressed its concern over only 13.43 per
cent schools in India having computers. “We will urge the state
governments to provide more funds for providing computer labs in
schools,” a ministry official said.
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Wednesday, 06 February 2008 |