Telangana Jumps to 26th in Class 3 Education in Parakh Survey

Hyderabad: Telangana’s ranking has improved from 36 to 26 in Class 3 education in the Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan (earlier known as NAS), the department of school education said on Tuesday. In the state, the assessment was conducted across 3,342 schools.

The state also came in the 26th position in Class 6 and 17th position across 36 states and UT’s in Class 9. A statement said that in Class 3, government schools performed better than private schools and central schools in core subjects.

Dr E. Naveen Nicolas, in a release, attributed Telangana’s improved rankings in the Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan to the reforms initiated under the guidance of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to strengthen school education.

Systemic issues such as teacher promotions, transfers, and recruitment had been resolved.

These efforts were reinforced through school visits by officials, teacher capacity-building, and close monitoring, he said.

However, experts noted that the survey showed that students were struggling to score in Maths.Ch. Rekha Rao, academic, said the government schools were focusing on the IIT and NEET education, neglecting

B.Ed, which train school teachers. “We cannot expect results when teachers are untrained, the motivation begins at training level, and teachers must be paid better and regular supervision is necessary,” she said.

The state government and the Centre have to focus more on the education department.

“Government schools are overburdened with paper work which is affecting the classroom teaching,” said M.

Ravinder, additional general secretary of the Telangana Progressive Teachers Federation. “Students may not be

getting enough opportunities to practice and reinforcing learning. Frequent evaluations has to be conducted to

identify areas needed improvement and Extra support of mentor should be provided, said Dr K. Ravikanth Rao,

Professor at SIET and Principal of DIET, Neredmet. Telangana Education Committee member Dr P.L. Vishweshwar Rao said mathematics had to be taught in a creative way. He said teachers should be trained to

teach the subject, and should have a maths background. K. Kishore, maths teacher said, “The main

problem is that the students fear the subject, which is created by the teachers and family. When a teacher begins a topic begin saying ‘This is a tough topic’, fear sets in the student’s mind.”

This, Kishore said. was the failure of the teaching community which focused on the students answering questions answers rather than understanding the concept. “Students are not taught in a personalised way and they lack conceptual clarity,” he said.