Much has been heard about promises made to improve the condition of the Government Schools by the State Government Authority. Ministers after Ministers kept promising to improve the government schools or colleges. The first term of the BJP-led government under Chief Minister N. Biren Singh had even introduced School Fagathansi Mission. In his second term too the N. Biren Singh government is continuing with the mission to improve the condition of the government schools. Much publicity has been done in the last 5 years but till today nothing seems to be improved in the education sector. The clear evidence of failure on the part of government schools is the result of the class XII exam conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education Manipur. Except for a student of TG Higher Secondary School who shared 4th position in the Arts stream of Class XI along with two other students from a Private School called the EK Higher Secondary School, none of the students from the government schools could make in the top ten in all the three stream – Arts, Commerce and Science.
Well the pass percentage this time is somewhat okay (90%+ ). But in today’s competitive world just passed is not enough. Performance in the examination counted to join the academic world of today. And the result declared yesterday showed that there is no room for students studying in government schools. They also mean that there is no room for getting a good education for the poor students in the state of Manipur. This is being said so as poor students who can’t afford tuition fees, or transportation fees depend on government schools.
What is ironic is that teachers of government schools are paid almost triple or multiple times the salary that a teacher in a private school. And of course, they are more qualified than those teaching in the government schools. Then why are the students of government schools lack much behind those studying in the private schools? Is it because the students of the private schools go for private tuition or is it because those students from rich families are always superior to those studying in a government school. Perhaps there are many reasons that need to learn why the govt. school cannot compete with the private schools in Manipur. One reason that almost every citizen including those teachers of the government schools agreed is that the government’s negligence towards the education department is one reason for the failure of government schools. Or else why the govt. schools in Delhi are improving. A matter needs to ponder.
Class XII result- A blow to Govt. Schools
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