About 50 pc of the total teachers in the district are not living at their workplace
About 50 pc of the total teachers in the district are not living at their workplace
Khammam: About 10 per cent of the teachers are not been doing their duties, as per the guidelines of Right to Education Act, 2009, according to a report by the state government.
Some of them, it was found, have not been going to schools and attending duties at least for two days in a week. About 50 per cent of the teachers are not living at their workplace. These irregularities are more common in schools located in remote areas.
Similar is the case with single-teacher schools. The teachers had not been putting in any efforts to ehnance the strength in their schools.
“In the wake of these findings, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is contemplating introducing some reforms in school education. The state government will not leave the education sector on its own. The RTE Act has provision to find solutions to all problems in the sector,” said a higher official in the education department.
As per the Section 24 of the RTE act, a teacher has to maintain regularity and punctuality in attending the school, complete the curriculum within the specified time, assess the learning ability of each student and hold regular meetings with parents.
The Act also stresses on the need to maintain teacher-pupil ratio. Teachers posted in government schools should not serve in any other school/office or private institution. Sources said the government had not decided to implement the act strictly to control the erratic teachers.
“Any teacher violating the guidelines would be liable for disciplinary action under the service rules enlisted in RTE Act,” the official told this correspondent.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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