Acute shortage of teachers, coupled with their deployment in non-teaching activities in Delhi has paralysed the primary education in Delhi.
Over 1,500 teachers of primary schools in Delhi are in the process of promotion to upper primary level which will worsen the situation. Over 9 lakh odd students enrolled in around 1,730 primary of the three civic bodies in the city are the most hit due to shortage of teachers, but the corporations are feeling helpless as their demand to recruit over 6,500 teachers is pending since last two years.
The primary schools in Delhi don’t have physical education teachers, computer teachers, music teachers, and special teachers for challenged students.
In some schools, one teacher is assigned two to three classes. For instance, at primary school of MCD at Rajiv Nagar only 37 teachers are present on 3,000 students which should have been 75 as per the teacher -student ratio of 1:40.
‘We are managing the situation by recruiting contractual teachers on annual basis for our schools. The shortage is paralysing the education system but we can’t do anything as the responsibility to recruit new teachers lies with Delhi Subordinate Selection Board [DSSB],’ said Satish Upadhayay, Chairmnan of Education Committee, South Delhi Municipal Corporation [SDMC].
The corporation runs 592 schools most of them are in two shifts-morning [7.30 am to 12.30 pm] evening [1pm to 6pm].
The last recruitment of teachers in erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi [MCD] in 2010 when a it was provided with 800 new teachers. In the same year MCD again send a request of 6,500 primary teachers to DSSB but still waiting for new recruitment. According to sources the DSSB has not initiated the process of recruitment so far.
The situation is no better in North Delhi Municipal Corporation [NDMC] where 762 primary schools are short of 500 teachers even after appointing 2,500 contractual teachers. ‘The non-teaching assingments to these limited teachers by various government agencies have paralysed the system. The most disturbing thing is that these limited teachers are assingmed the job of census, making AADHAR card, survey for various government agencies, and updating the voter list in the teaching hours,’ said Rekha Gupta, Chiarman of the Education in NDMC.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation [EDMC] facing a crunch of 2,000 teachers hired 1,700 contractual teachers for this session to run its around 390 primary schools. ‘We are already facing acute shortage of teachers and the deployment of teachers in non-teaching jobs adversely affects the learning but we are helpless,’ said a senior officer of education deparment in EDMC.
Far worse situation is awaiting these primary school students when teachers are promoted to upper primary schools. ‘Currently, over 70 per cent primary teachers are assigned the job of Booth Level Officer [BLO] to update the voter list by January 2013. The offices have been opened in the school premises and even contractual teachers have been engaged,’ said Ashok Kasana, president of primary teachers association in Delhi.
Over 1,500 teachers of primary schools in Delhi are in the process of promotion to upper primary level which will worsen the situation. Over 9 lakh odd students enrolled in around 1,730 primary of the three civic bodies in the city are the most hit due to shortage of teachers, but the corporations are feeling helpless as their demand to recruit over 6,500 teachers is pending since last two years.
The primary schools in Delhi don’t have physical education teachers, computer teachers, music teachers, and special teachers for challenged students.
In some schools, one teacher is assigned two to three classes. For instance, at primary school of MCD at Rajiv Nagar only 37 teachers are present on 3,000 students which should have been 75 as per the teacher -student ratio of 1:40.
‘We are managing the situation by recruiting contractual teachers on annual basis for our schools. The shortage is paralysing the education system but we can’t do anything as the responsibility to recruit new teachers lies with Delhi Subordinate Selection Board [DSSB],’ said Satish Upadhayay, Chairmnan of Education Committee, South Delhi Municipal Corporation [SDMC].
The corporation runs 592 schools most of them are in two shifts-morning [7.30 am to 12.30 pm] evening [1pm to 6pm].
The last recruitment of teachers in erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi [MCD] in 2010 when a it was provided with 800 new teachers. In the same year MCD again send a request of 6,500 primary teachers to DSSB but still waiting for new recruitment. According to sources the DSSB has not initiated the process of recruitment so far.
The situation is no better in North Delhi Municipal Corporation [NDMC] where 762 primary schools are short of 500 teachers even after appointing 2,500 contractual teachers. ‘The non-teaching assingments to these limited teachers by various government agencies have paralysed the system. The most disturbing thing is that these limited teachers are assingmed the job of census, making AADHAR card, survey for various government agencies, and updating the voter list in the teaching hours,’ said Rekha Gupta, Chiarman of the Education in NDMC.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation [EDMC] facing a crunch of 2,000 teachers hired 1,700 contractual teachers for this session to run its around 390 primary schools. ‘We are already facing acute shortage of teachers and the deployment of teachers in non-teaching jobs adversely affects the learning but we are helpless,’ said a senior officer of education deparment in EDMC.
Far worse situation is awaiting these primary school students when teachers are promoted to upper primary schools. ‘Currently, over 70 per cent primary teachers are assigned the job of Booth Level Officer [BLO] to update the voter list by January 2013. The offices have been opened in the school premises and even contractual teachers have been engaged,’ said Ashok Kasana, president of primary teachers association in Delhi.