Guwahati : 1979 government run primary schools of Assam’s 12 district are running by less than 5 students and 8905 schools of these districts are yet to have adequate classrooms.
Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that, the erroneous figures have came to light following the second phase of ‘Gunotsav’ held on October 10-13 last covering 18,811 primary schools in Sivsagar, Tinsukia, Kamrup (Rural), Cachar, Nagaon, Jorhat, Kokrajhar Bongaigaon, Udalguri, Charaideo, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao district.
Addressing a press conference held in Guwahati, the Assam education minister said that, 9 per cent schools of 12 districts were graded A+ following evaluation of schools and students in the second phase of ‘Gunotsav’ in the state.
The Assam minister said that, a total of 18,811 schools in 12 districts were evaluated and a total of 11,20,960 students were appeared in the evaluation.
“Following the evaluation, we have found 1672 schools or 9 per cent schools were managed to grade A+. Apart from it 5480 or 29 per cent schools graded A, 6047 or 32 per cent schools under B grade, 3638 or 19 per cent schools were graded C and 1974 or 10 per cent schools under D grade,” Sarma said.
“If we compared with the first phase evaluation result, then it revealed that, maximum schools improved grades and it is a good sign. In the first phase of Gunotsav evaluation, only 6 per cent schools were managed to grade A+, 19 per cent schools were under A grade, 25 per cent schools were graded B, 27 per cent schools were under C and 23 per cent schools were in D grade,” Sarma said.
The Assam minister said that, 396 schools of Sivsagar district were managed to grade A+ and the Upper Assam district stood in top position in the second phase of Gunotsav.
“Following Sivsagar, 264 schools of Tinsukia, 187 schools of Kamrup (Rural), 186 schools of Cachar, 174 schools of Nagaon, 154 schools of Jorhat, 91 schools of Kokrajhar, 67 schools of Bongaigaon, 60 schools of Udalguri, 49 schools of Charaideo district were under A+ grade. Two hilly districts Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong had performed worst performance in the second phase of Gunotsav,” Samra said.
According to the evaluation reports, only 9 schools of Dima Hasao had managed to grade A+ while 35 schools of Karbi Anglong were under the top grade category.
Apart from it, 80, 208, 287 and 256 schools of Dima Hasao were respectively under A, B, C and D grade, while some improvement reflected in Karbi Anglong compared with Dima Hasao.
In Karbi Anglong, 244 schools were managed to grade A, while 408, 329 and 285 schools of the district were respectively under B, C and D grade in the second phase evaluation.
The Assam education minister further said that, following the evaluation,
we have found that, a total of 652 schools out of 5612 numbers C and D graded schools are running by single teacher.
“There are so many problems raised in the remote areas of both Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao district as the teachers wouldn’t reach their respective schools in time due to poor communication. We are now decided to construct teacher quarter at the remote areas and to engage educated youths as educational volunteer,” Sarma said.
The minister further said that, each student’s result and report card to be shared within 7 days after receiving by the concerned schools with all stakeholders on day of parents-teacher meeting. The state education department will be felicitated the schools who have managed to grade A+ in Guwahati in February next year.
The third phase of Gunotsav will be held in 13 districts on January 3-6 next.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
