Some teachers are even up to driving taxies during school hours instead of going to school: Secretary to HRDD
NAMCHI: “Today more than 70 percent teachers are taking their profession just for livelihood. But teaching as a profession calls for commitment and ardor. This is the reason we are lacking behind to provide quality education to the students”, GM Gurung, Minister for Human Resource Development Department has observed.
Speaking at a constituency level teachers’ workshop and awareness programme held at Tingley Junior High School at Temi-Tarku on 5 May, Mr. Gurung invited teachers to put their hearts, hands and heads together towards their responsibilities because teachers are guiding lights of the society.
“Today, teacher are not serious in their duties, so their products are not productive, but only degree-centered and running just after the government jobs”, he said. Further, he stressed that Sikkim is only the state where teachers are highly paid with very less work load. “Teachers, as such have to work up to the mark to achieve the mission of the Government to provide quality education to all,” he said.
Addressing the teachers, KP Adhikari, Secretary, education Department, said that today the society was lacking in quality education because none of the teacher have ever been dismissed for negligence in duties.” He added that some teachers were also working as taxi drivers instead of going schools.
Mr. Adhikari said that many teachers were not competent and efficient in their own subjects which they teach, that being one of the biggest deterrent to achieving quality education in the State. He informed that the department has a proposal to initiated teachers’ evaluation soon.
The State Project Officer cum Director, Education Department, PM Tamang highlighted the modern concept of education in India. During the programme, teacher representatives of various schools place their grievances and demands.
The demands chiefly included the implementation of vocational education from Class VI, decrease in the age of admission from 5-3 years in Pre-primary, and significantly demands of no pressure from the department, political parties and school heads over the teacher, decrease of time from the election and census duties and computer education from primary levels, amongst others.
Various speakers presented their views on different issues related to modern concept of quality education. A total of 264 teachers from 33 schools including 2 Senior Secondary, 2 Secondary, 8 Junior High School, 15 Primary and 6 Lower Primary Schools participated in the workshop. This is said to be the first of its kind in Sikkim where teachers, departmental heads and policy makers came on one platform deliberating on quality education.
NAMCHI: “Today more than 70 percent teachers are taking their profession just for livelihood. But teaching as a profession calls for commitment and ardor. This is the reason we are lacking behind to provide quality education to the students”, GM Gurung, Minister for Human Resource Development Department has observed.
Speaking at a constituency level teachers’ workshop and awareness programme held at Tingley Junior High School at Temi-Tarku on 5 May, Mr. Gurung invited teachers to put their hearts, hands and heads together towards their responsibilities because teachers are guiding lights of the society.
“Today, teacher are not serious in their duties, so their products are not productive, but only degree-centered and running just after the government jobs”, he said. Further, he stressed that Sikkim is only the state where teachers are highly paid with very less work load. “Teachers, as such have to work up to the mark to achieve the mission of the Government to provide quality education to all,” he said.
Addressing the teachers, KP Adhikari, Secretary, education Department, said that today the society was lacking in quality education because none of the teacher have ever been dismissed for negligence in duties.” He added that some teachers were also working as taxi drivers instead of going schools.
Mr. Adhikari said that many teachers were not competent and efficient in their own subjects which they teach, that being one of the biggest deterrent to achieving quality education in the State. He informed that the department has a proposal to initiated teachers’ evaluation soon.
The State Project Officer cum Director, Education Department, PM Tamang highlighted the modern concept of education in India. During the programme, teacher representatives of various schools place their grievances and demands.
The demands chiefly included the implementation of vocational education from Class VI, decrease in the age of admission from 5-3 years in Pre-primary, and significantly demands of no pressure from the department, political parties and school heads over the teacher, decrease of time from the election and census duties and computer education from primary levels, amongst others.
Various speakers presented their views on different issues related to modern concept of quality education. A total of 264 teachers from 33 schools including 2 Senior Secondary, 2 Secondary, 8 Junior High School, 15 Primary and 6 Lower Primary Schools participated in the workshop. This is said to be the first of its kind in Sikkim where teachers, departmental heads and policy makers came on one platform deliberating on quality education.
