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| Vets, Ghat Munshis, others to monitor performance of Govt schools | | Kar-e-Najar Badastay Gilkar! | | Hyder Ali
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 9: As if teaching schoolchildren is like treating ailing animals or distributing rice bags that now onwards veterinarians and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CAPD) officials will monitor performance of Government schools in the State.
The Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janta Party Government has given a go ahead to this plan whereas in the first phase, Bandipora, which is the home district of Education Minister Naeem Akhter, is introducing this "innovation."
As per the orders issued by District Commissioner Bandipora, Sajjad Hussain Ganie, the officers of various departments operational in the north Kashmir district will "keep watch on the working of the Government schools".
For this, officers of departments including Sheep Husbandary, CAPD, PWD and PHE have also been designated to work as "Observers" at the Government schools.
"All Education Observers will monitor learning levels in schools in the clusters allotted to them at random and record observations in the monitoring tool provided. In addition to observation, the observers will adapt at least three schools as per their area of preference as mentioned in this order. They are to visit each adapted school at least once a month," the order reads.
"Additionally, the observers will also monitor the learning levels in Anganwari centers in the vicinity of their adopted schools," reads the order issued vide number DDC/Bpr/2016/112-35 on April 5, 2016, exactly a day after the PDP-BJP Government took oath.
As per the orders, the district Sheep Husbandary Officer Bandipora, has been given the clusters Aloosa and Kaloosa, where he will look after the performance of the Boys Middle School Sonawari and Boys Middle School Malagam. Likewise, Assistant Director CAPD in the district will look after Middle Schools in Shakbaba and Harpara.
Sources said the "new model" was constituted after approval from the Directorate of School Education Kashmir while a formal correspondence has been sent to his office. "The Government is understood to have found the idea so attractive that it was started from the Education Minister's hometown on the day he assumed office," officials said.
The CAPD officials are enthused at the orders. The department plans to formally depute some Ghat Munshis to keep constant eye on how the teachers behave in the school. "The performance of these schools has been very dismal and CAPD will work for the improvement even if it means to depute some out Ghat Munshis for round-the-clock vigil because our senior officials are busy with other work," said a top CAPD official, asking not to be identified.
Despite repeated attempts the District Commissioner Bandipora, Sajjad Hussain Ganie didn't respond to phone calls. But his colleague acknowledged that the orders have been issued. "Actually in the past these orders were issued by his (Ganie's) predecessor, but the same had lost relevance with time. Now fresh orders have been issued to bring in new life," said a senior official in the DC office Bandipora.
The Deputy Chief Education Officer, Nissar Ahmed Wani, however, denied that Ghat Munshis would be allowed to monitor Government school performance. He said the Education Department officials would personally keep check that only the designated officers other than Ghat Munshis visit schools.
"But believe me, this is a very good idea, which has already fetched excellent results," the DCEO told Early Times.
The Government school teachers, however, look at the orders as ridiculous and insulting for the teaching community.
"Basically since last year, some officials in the Education Department and a Minister have been resorting to all possible tactics to muzzle the genuine voices of the Government servants and this monitoring stunt is another way to erode the integrity of the teaching community," said a senior teacher with over 20 years to service to his credit. He said the matter would be picked up with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
The J&K Teachers Forum head Qayoom Wani termed that orders as unfortunate. "On one hand the Government says that no nation can rise above respect of teacher and on the other hand it demeans the teaching profession through such ridiculous and illogical monitoring schemes," Wani said.
"We know our duties very well and the best would have been making the teaching staff personally accountable rather than making every one check our performance," Wani said.
He said the orders would have far reaching "social implications" across Jammu and Kashmir. "More than 40,000 female teachers work in the schools where even have bigger number of girls who study there. Does it mean we have keep our sisters and daughters at the disposal of public scrutiny, where every Tom, Dick and Harry will have authority to check their performance?" Wani asked. |
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