ITANAGAR, July 3: All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union apprised the government of various problems facing the Department of Education in the state.
In a representation to the Education Minister, it called for proportional posting of teachers in all the schools of the state. It said that due to disproportional postings of teachers, students at interior places are suffering.
Union further called for recalling of teachers and lecturers on deputation.
Sending teachers and lecturers on deputation have compounded the problems of shortage of teachers and said that many teachers are on deputation in the office of Tourism department and various Resident Commission offices.
Union further called for posting of more teachers in all the eight government run colleges. An estimated sixty more lecturers are needed to bail out the state from poor standard of higher education, it said.
Establishment of more colleges does not carry meaning as existing colleges are battling extreme poor infrastructure facilities, it said.
The union further sought the government’s attention on mushrooming of private schools all over the state without maintaining the laid down codes. Expressing concern at these violations, it called on the govt to deal with these problems firmly.
Streamlining of Directorate of Education is also one of the demands of the union. It suggested separate Directorate for primary school and another from primary upwards and that Directors be IAS officers.
The union further drew the attention of the government to fee structure levied on students during admission while informing that fees varied from school to school and at some place it was as high as Rs 600.