Govt. move to improve SSLC results

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 4. The Government will pay special attention to the teaching of English and Mathematics in schools with a view to improving the SSLC results, the Education Minister, Mr. Nalakath Soopy, has said.

A plan to achieve 100 per cent pass in Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kottayam districts, which were already showing high pass percentages, is also under consideration, the Minister said in a press note here today.

Greeting the pupils on the occasion of the new academic year, the Minister said that the District Primary Education Programme would continue in lower primary classes. This is in view of the assessment that a child-oriented syllabus would benefit children in late years. Necessary changes would be effected to the programme after a through review.

However, as the introduction of the programme in higher classes without sufficient preparation would do harm, the existing system, including the scheme of examinations would continue. It was important that the system had full confidence and utility so as to ensure support and participation of the whole society in education. The Government had clear view on this.

Mr. Soopy said that a time-bound programme was required to ensure sufficient facilities in Government schools. The sessional system was affecting teaching in several places. Hence, the system would be abolished in steps.

While many teachers had no work, some schools were without teachers. Often this was the result of some administrative problems which were technical in character. The Government would adopt a transparent and practical policy on transfers and postings of teachers and thus end this problem.

Efforts, he said, were required to improve the functioning of Parent Teachers Association. In some schools, such associations were functioning very effectively and this had helped to bring about a qualitative change.

He said that in the higher education sector, the students in science and technical areas were not showing a high level of achievements. The percentage of students from Kerala winning competitive examinations were also coming down. The problem would be tackled from the root. Steps would be taken to inculcate studiousness, the willingness and motivation for hard work from the primary level.

He also noted that the Open School system needed to be restructured scientifically. Otherwise, a substantial number of pupils passing SSLC would be left out from the mainstream.

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