In the backdrop of the authorities’ failure to control the menace of ‘bogus’ admissions in high and higher secondary schools in Kashmir, the school education department has decided to strike off a student’s name from rolls on staying away from classes for seven consecutive days.
Officials said that a meeting was held at the Directorate of school education here, during which the menace of “bogus admissions” was discussed.
“Several students secure admission in government schools but do not attend the school and rather go for private coaching. These students never attend the school physically and use government schools as registration centres,” officials said at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK), Shah Faesal said the issue has been discussed and the all Principals have been directed to ensure physical presence of students who are officially on rolls.
“Principals will be responsible to ensure the physical presence of the students enrolled in the institutions,” he said, adding that action will be initiated against the school heads where any “bogus admission” is identified.
Interestingly the department had ordered for installation of Biometric attendance system in all the High and Higher Secondary schools by March 31. “All the schools have not yet introduced the biometric attendance system for one or the other reason,” officials said.
Officials said the issue of absentees was also discussed in the meeting wherein the authorities decided to authorize the concerned School Principals to terminate the students who remain absent from the schools for more than seven days.
“The school Principal should terminate the students who remain absent from schools for more than seven days, without any proper intimation to the school authorities. After seven days the concerned heads should issue a show cause notice to parents and terminate the students if their response is not found satisfactory.
Meanwhile, officials said the dearth of laboratory infrastructure and accommodation was also discussed in the meeting.
The “pathetic” conditions of the schools in terms of laboratory faculties was also discussed when the department was mulling whether practical classes should be held in the forenoon or not, they said.
“Laboratories in all the schools should remain active for whole day and practical classes should be included in the forenoon as well,” DSEK has said in the meeting.
The violation by the schools in the school timing also was discussed in the meeting and directions were issued to the school heads to follow the official school timing and not allow the students to leave the school premises halfway.
Moreover, the department according to officials is mulling introduction of a fortnightly oral test for 9th to 12th class students in a bid to focus on the spoken English of the students.
They said DSEK also ordered proper conduct of practical classes in schools which would be monitored by DIET lecturers. “DIET Principals will depute lecturers to monitor the practical classes in the schools.”
Students to face axe on bunking school for 7 days
