DIPR
DIMAPUR, JULY 23
The District Education Officer, Kohima Ruovihulie Angami has laid down a ten-point policy for government schools under Kohima District.
To this, he has urged upon every schools for the need of maintaining proper sanitation and beautification of school premises, develop team spirit, to be humane in dealings but run the school with tact and strong administration.
The ten-point policy for government schools also includes - develop speaking and writing skills, abstain from partiality, favouritism and tribalism, provide extra coaching classes, provide enough model questions with answers to students and conduct weekly tests.
This was announced today during the one-day interactive session held at DC’s conference hall, Kohima which was attended by the principals and vice principals of GHSS and HMs/AHMs of GHS and even head teachers of the newly upgraded GMS to GHS,
Mention be made that the interactive session was organized by the District Education Office, Kohima and Kohima DPDB with a view to coordinate equal growth and improvement of academic results of government schools in HSSLC/HSLC of Kohima district.
The joint director, School Education, Ruovihulie Angami, who is also holding additional charge of DEO Kohima, said the interactive session was organized primarily to share problems, experiences and to learn from one another. He invited the house to actively share their grievances faced in their respective place of work so that fruitful deliberations could be held.
While encouraging the meeting to voice out their concerns, R. Anagami also stressed on the punctuality of teachers and urged them to be available at their place of posting and be dedicated in their duties. He also voiced out concerns on the practice of keeping proxy teachers and discouraged anyone from following such practices.
Most of the grievances shared by the participants included lack of infrastructure, random transfer and posting of teachers without proper replacement, lack of maths and science teachers in most of the schools and shortage of teachers in schools especially in the newly upgraded schools. The joint director assured to take up the issues with the higher authorities along with other school related matters.
SDO (C), Sechu Zubza, Mohammad Ali, who also attended the programme shared on the non-detention policy in schools. He is heading a committee formed by the Kohima DPDB to study the Non-Detention Policy.
ADC, Planning, Ketoho Luho gave a presentation on the various activities taken up by the Kohima DPDB on educational matters. He stated that since education is one of the most important sectors, the Kohima DPDB has been regularly taking up issues related to schools like grant-in-aid, upgradation of schools, opening of new schools etc. He said that the Kohima DPDB had also initiated activities like debate competition, extempore speech and quiz competition for government school students.
The HSLC topper awards which is awarded to the toppers from Government High Schools under Kohima district has become a distinction in itself and has set an exemplary encouragement for the students. So far, the Kohima DPDB has successfully awarded the students for the sixth consecutive year.
