Additional teachers in govt schools is a joke... Ensure one teacher per class- Ramadoss
The number of teacherless classes is more than one lakh. Ramadas said that it is ridiculous to say that there are 2236 teachers surplus when the actual situation is like this.
Lack of teachers
Ramadoss, the founder of BAMA, said that it is ironic that the director of Elementary education has said that there are 2236 secondary teachers in addition to the requirement in the government primary and middle schools operating under the Department of Elementary education in tamil Nadu. In a statement issued by him in this regard, while tamil Nadu has a very large number of one-teacher schools, artificially reducing the teacher-student ratio without correcting it, and transferring the existing teachers to other schools will pave the way for the closure of government schools that are already in a weak state.
The government of tamil Nadu has reported that the teacher-student ratio in government schools in tamil Nadu is 1:19 in primary schools, 1:21 in middle schools, 1:22 in high schools and 1:30 in higher secondary schools. Looking at these statistics, it appears that the teacher-student ratio in tamil Nadu government schools is at par with european countries. But, these are all exaggerated, distorted and untrue statistics. It will not help the development of government schools in any way.
One teacher for 19 students
Having one teacher for every 19 students in primary schools will contribute immensely to the educational development of government-school students. But, that is not the reality. According to the teacher-student ratio laid down by the government of tamil Nadu, assuming that a primary school has 7 students in each class from Class I to Class V, only two teachers will be provided to that school. If there is a third or fourth teacher, they will be considered surplus and transferred to other schools. It is a natural rule that even if there is one student in a class, there should be a teacher to teach him. But what is the justification for appointing only one teacher if there are 19 students in five classes and only two teachers if there are 38 or less students? 5 If a teacher or two teachers have to take care of the classes how can they teach the students?
According to the statistics published by the tamil Nadu Primary education Department two years ago, there are only 69,640 teachers working in 29,418 schools including 22,831 primary schools and 6587 middle schools operating under the Primary education Department in tamil Nadu. Even assuming only one section per class in these schools, there could be a total of 1,66,851 classes. Accordingly, 97,211 classes have no teachers. This too was the situation two years ago. Now the number of teacherless classes will be more than one lakh. It is ridiculous to say that 2236 teachers are surplus to the reality.
7000 crore for new classroom
The tamil Nadu government has not taken any steps to improve government schools in tamil Nadu. Two years after Rs 7000 crore was allocated to build new classrooms for government schools, not a significant number of new classrooms have been built. If the tamil Nadu government really wants to improve government schools, it should immediately strengthen the infrastructure in government schools. Ramadas has insisted that the tamil Nadu government should take steps to appoint at least one teacher per class instead of showing false figures that there is a surplus of teachers.
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