Is there any hope that government schools will compete with top private schools in terms of standards of education and infrastructure? Cynics may have a different opinion but the Indira Nagar Government High School at Lingareddypally panchayat in Siddipet district has become that ray of hope of education in government sector.
So much are the seats in demand in this school that the management was forced to put up a ‘no vacancy’ sign this academic year to stem the rush of parents. A good number of students desirous of a seat in the school are turned away every year, including some of those who carry recommendation letter from some ‘influential’ persons.
Development
The Indira Nagar Primary school was established in 1989 at Lingareddypally panchayat and upgraded to high school in 1994 and as success school in 2005. Though for several years it has faced the same fate as many other government schools, the infrastructure improved and new classrooms constructed after local legislator T. Harish Rao began paying attention.
The demand from the parents was so huge that the school had to introduce three new sections to accommodate the new students, a majority of them coming from private schools.
There are 644 students in the school against a capacity of 560. During the current academic year the school got more than 150 admissions. The teachers were forced to commence three sections of English medium in 6th, 7th and 8th classes.
Impressed with the success of the school, Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister K. Srihari recently visited the school and appreciated the efforts of the teachers for the school’s performance.
Academic focus
“Focusing on academics of every student has attracted the parents and the efforts put in by teachers have impressed them. Our school was invited to participate in workshop recently held in Bangalore by Union Ministry of Human Resources Development. We were selected for innovations in school administration where I made a presentation about the activity in our school,” Head Master Payyavula Rama Swamy told The Hindu .
According to DEO K. Krishna Reddy, parents had started paying interest on the school for the past two years for two main reasons. The first and foremost reason was that the school has been maintaining a profile and performance of each student identifying their strengths and weaknesses. The school has seen 90% pass last year in class 10.
