Madhya Pradesh’s School Education Minister Prabhuram Chaudhary announced on Wednesday that the teachers of those schools in Madhya Pradesh, which have recorded the worst performance in three consecutive years and flunked two qualification exams, will be granted compulsory retirement. He said, “The state government will introduce the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books from the next education year in a bid to improve the quality of education.”
Mr. Chaudhary at a media workshop on Wednesday said, “Teachers of those schools that recorded poor results for three consecutive years were given a training recently, after which they appeared in the qualification exam but several of them failed.”
He further said, “After failing to crack the first test, these teachers again underwent training and given the opportunity to appear in the exam. Those who have failed in both the tests will be given compulsory retirement.” He said the teachers who have either completed 50 years of age or are in service for more than 20 years will be retired.
“Notices would be served to others (who didn’t fall in the above category). Departmental action will be also initiated against them,” he said, adding that these measures are necessary to improve the quality of the education system.
On Wednesday, Mr. Chaudhary announced the launch of an app that will help the students and teachers of the government schools. “Teachers can conduct tests and ask questions through the app and students can respond on it,” minister of school education Prabhuram Chaudhary said, adding that the app has been introduced for students up to class 8 in 13 schools of Bhopal and Raisen districts.
“Out of the total 1, 57,813 schools in Madhya Pradesh 1,20,249 schools are run by the government while 37564 are private schools,” as per data.