Munish Nagar:

First time in the history of school education since independence, the Punjab government has issued orders to all government schools and has? sought report? of teachers aged 50 or above having poor results. Worried over the poor results of class 10 and 12 students, Krishan Kumar, Secretary, school education told the Department that there is no other option left except taking the bold step of compulsory retirement to non performing teachers.

The orders issued on August 31 reached schools on Friday. The department would review the performance of the teachers aged 50 or above and those who didn’t perform according to the fixed parameters would be shown the door.

DEPARTMENT SOUGHT THE DETAILS IN FOUR CATEGORIES

FIRST CATEGORY

Those teachers who are not showing interest in teaching, poor conduct during classes and always on leave without solid reasons.

SECOND CATEGORY

Those teachers who have shown zero results and who didn’t bother to pay attention towards their students and their problems.

THIRD CATEGORY

The non-teaching employees and staff in the government schools aged 50 for not performing their duties responsibly.

FOURTH CATEGORY

The teachers who are absent from the duty since long and settled abroad without submitting their resignations.

CLASS 12 RESULTS, POOR SHOW IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Maximum students who took the General English in class 12 of Punjab School Education Board failed in the final exams. The high failure rate in the compulsory subject pulled down the overall pass percentage.

Over 3,14, 815 students appeared for the exams and out of them 1,96,321 passed. Among the remaining, 36,376 failed

PASS PERCENTAGE OF CLASS 10 FALLEN FROM 72.25% TO 57.50% THIS YEAR

A total of 3,30,437 students appeared for the class 10 exam, out of which 1,90,001 students passed. While 45,734 students failed, 94,271 students have to re-appear.

IN 2016, PSEB GAVE 27 GRACE MARKS TO 1.10 STUDENTS

In 2016, Punjab School Education Board allotted 27 grace marks to nearly 1.10 lakh students. After the the percentage was increased to 72.25%

11 DISTRICTS IN PUNJAB RECORDED 50% BELOW PASS PERCENTAGE IN CLASS 10 RESULTS

Out of the 22 districts in Punjab, 11 districts have recorded the overall pass percentage to be below 50%. The 11 districts are:

Sangrur – 42.85%

SAS Nagar – 44.73%

Barnala – 45.89%

Fazilka – Below 50%

Mansa – Below 50%

Jalandhar – Below 50%

Sri Mukatsar Sahib – Below 50%

Bathinda – Below 50%

Patiala – Below 50%

Ludhiana – Below 50%

Moga – Below 50%

TEACHER PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO GROOM STUDENTS, ONCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WROTE A LETTER TO HIS SON’S TEACHER

Everybody can’t forget the heart touching letter of the former US President Abrahm Lincoln to his son’s teachers. Lincoln told the teacher, “Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found.”

A GOOD TEACHER+GOOD STUDENTS=STRONG NATION

In the last 70 years, the school education in Punjab somewhere lost its sheen. However, the education system during the British era was good. The students were taught the basics of English language and even the corporal punishment was not a crime. The relation of both student and teacher was equally good. If we talk about today’s system, teachers are least bothered to teach the basics of every subject. Moreover, the students don’t show respect to their teachers.