Our Correspondent
Diphu, Dec. 21 (EMN): The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) has distributed free textbooks to students of secondary schools in Karbi Anglong of Assam for the forthcoming academic session of 2018.
The chief executive member of the council Tuliram Ronghang attended a programme marking the distribution which was held at the office of the Inspector of Schools on Dec. 21 Thurs.
The programme was organised by the RMSA of Karbi Anglong. Students of class-9 and 10 of 127 high schools will be receiving the free textbooks.
According to Tuliram Ronghang, the BJP-led KAAC distributed free textbooks to students as part of implementing free and compulsory education of the RTE Act. The government provided textbooks to students of 127 high schools from both Karbi Anglong and west Karbi Anglong, Ronghang said. According to him, there should be a close cordial relationship between teachers and headmasters to improving education.
There are schools like Waisong HS School, Priloo, Tika govt. high school and Rongchek English High school where class-10 results have been ‘nil,’ the CEM said. “As education is the backbone of our society. Society develop and society advance through education and without education we cannot do anything so quality education is a must,” the official said.
He highlighted the practice where any person wanting to become a teacher purchased fake ‘matric-passed’ certificate and as there is political backing in the KAAC, he/she gets appointment for teacher’s post. But such practice cannot be entertained now.
The CEM emphasized that teacher’s appointment should undergo through TET. But some organisations are making issue out of it. In education there should not be politics involved, he added. Ronghang also said that there are teachers who do not stay in their places of posting. In the Gunotsav conducted in Oct. last, the result from the district was very bad, the CEM informed.
The CEM also told the teachers that from next academic session steel bench and desks will replaced from wooden furniture for all schools as the decision has already been taken by KAAC.
An incentive for best overall performing schools which was practiced earlier iwll be revived from next academic session, 2018, where the overall best performing schools will be rewarded with a cash prize, trophy and certificate, he added.
The cash prize for first best overall performing school will be given with Rs. 3 lacs, second with Rs. 2 lacs and third with Rs. 1 lac, he said.
Earlier, EM for Higher Education, KAAC Jagatsing Engti said every year in matric result Karbi Anglong is always at the bottom and he said the teachers should take responsibility for the failures faced by students.
He said the KAAC has decided to have an amalgamation with schools where there is Classes I to XII or Classes I to X and Classes I to VIII which can be amalgamated and in this way the shortage of teachers can be solved to some extent. In some schools the primary and ME sections are separate. While in some schools there is higher secondary section is separate from high school section. But from now it should be amalgamated, he said.
