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Politics killing Parasi school performance
NAWALPARASI, AUG 09 -
Politics has seeped into Nawalparasi’s academia, and has crippled students’ performance, or so it seems.
The outcome of this year’s School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination in this Western district shows that schools run by teachers associated with teachers’ unions and affiliated to different political parties fared badly compared to schools with teachers without unions.
Parents’ groups have accused these teachers’ leaders of drifting away from their duties and taking up a pseudo-profession of politicians. They claimed that union-teachers are active organising protests and sit-ins for personal and professional gains. An officer at the District Education Office (DEO), Nawalparasi, said schools operated by union teachers take most of the benefits and facilities provided by the office through political pressure.
“But when it comes to quality education and performance, these very schools are lagging behind.”
Schools run by non-union teachers and those handed over to communities have better pass percentage, though they lack teachers and other facilities.
District Education Officer Barkhu Prasad Rajak admitted that union-teachers have failed to deliver quality education due to their indulgence in politics.
“The teachers are imitating politicians and that is reflecting in the academic sector,” he said. “It is best that the government scrap the teachers’ unions as politics is not helping education.”
SLC Scoreboard
SCHOOL Teachers’ UNION PASSED
Janata Higher Secondary Nepali Congress 1 out of 43
Janajyoti Namuna Higer Secondary CPN-UML 27 out of 50
Nirku Higher Secondary MJF-L 8 out of 95
Siddhrartha Higher Secondary TMLP 8 out of 62
Pawan Higher Secondary MJF 30 out of 159
Adarsha Higher Secondary SP 7 out of 135
Balmiki Higher Scondary UCPN (Maoist) 6 out of 68
SCHOOL WITHOUT UNIONS
Gyanodaya Higher Secondary 58 out of 89
Ratna Rajya Laxmi Higher Secondary 64 out of 85
Bhimsen Higher Secondary 110 out of 147
Posted on: 2010-08-10 08:58
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