Andhra Pradesh Save Education
Committee
3-14-47, Pattabhipuram, Guntur
-522006, Ph: 08632226396
12th Feb’
2017
To
The Principal Secretary
Dept of School Education,
Government of A. P, Amarawathi
Sub: A Notice for
Direct Action. APSEC will Occupy Commissionerate of School Education
(Ibrahimpatnam) on 26th Feb to draw the attention of the Government
on Some Urgent Needs of the Govt. Schools and Students studying there.
Urgent Needs: 1) Filling up of Vacancies and Sanction of New Teacher
posts, 2) Students Support Measures and 3) Infrastructure
Respected Sir,
APSEC has organized
Protest Demonstrations in 11 out of 13 Districts on 19th January to
draw the attention of the Government on some urgent needs of the schools and
students studying there. But, government has not responded yet on the demands
and even has not called us for talks. So, having no way left, we have decided to
occupy the Commissionerate of School Education to express our protest. Hope
government would call our delegation to discuss on the demands raised before
the date of occupation.
Our school education is facing many a problems. 1) Even
after completion of around eight years after enactment of RTE Act, the
necessary infrastructure is not in place. An amendment made by the Parliament
to the Act extends the time for arranging the infrastructure up to 1st
April, 2019. We hope the government of Andhra Pradesh will meet the time
schedule. 2) Children from poor and backward families are coming to government
schools and many of them require material support from Government and moral
support from teachers for regular participation and completion of their
curricular and extra- curricular goals. Many students are dropping out in the
middle and those who are continuing are not regular to classes owing to lack of
necessary support from the school. Even the regular students are facing many
health problems and are not able to achieve curricular and extra-curricular
goals. Further, the unhealthy competition which is set in by private profit
oriented schools has degraded education there both in content and pedagogical
practices. Now, IIT orientation and
English medium are only plaguing the school education system as a whole in the
state.
Arrest Dropout: The
drop out of children by class 10th, as on date, is very high with 21%
(All), 29% (SC) and 57% (ST). The gap between the child population projected on
the basis of Census 2011 and enrolment in schools according DISE is more than
16 Lakhs (84, 67, 577 – 68, 47, 297 = 16, 20, 280) in the age group of 6 to 15
years. The government has to take wide
range of students support measures to ensure 100 percent retention and regular
participation of children in schools and completion of curricular goals by
them and thereby to ensure Right to Education as provided in the constitution
of the land (Article 21A, Article 41 and 45) to each of them. We in the following paragraphs submit
certain measures for your consideration.
I INFRASTRUCTURE
Develop
Buildings, ramps, infrastructure including play ground, compound wall, kitchen,
two sets of toilets, running water, electricity, play material, audio visual teaching and learning aids and
computers etc for effective functioning of the government schools;
II PRIMARY SCHOOLS
English Teacher Post: Sanction one
Special Primary English Teacher post over and above RTE Act for teaching
English in every Primary School.
Conversion of posts into special English
Teaching Posts: Due to the retirement of teachers in SGT cadre over the
last four years, many posts are falling vacant. They are not visible
because many schools are closed over the period. The posts may be converted
into Special Primary English Teacher Posts where as the qualification shall be
12 + 2 year Diploma in English Teaching or
10 + 4 year Integrated Diploma in English Teaching and government shall fill up
the posts immediately.
Special Measures for Development of all
Primary Schools: Plural teacher system for low enrolment schools shall be
maintained. Upgrade teacher Student Ratio to 20:1 in schools in enrollment slot
40 to 150.
2 Teachers up to 40
3 Teachers for 41 – 60
4 Teachers for 61 – 80
5 Teachers
for 81 – 100 (in vogue), 5
Teachers + 1 head teacher for 101 – 150
Legislative Protection to the System of Model
Primary Schools: Model Primary Schools have been established in November, 2015.
The all relevant provisions of the relevant GOs shall be implemented forthwith
for their development. Give protection by a legislative Act to the Model
Primary School (MPS) System lest the system be liquidated by the next
Officer/Minister/Government.
III STUDENT
SUPPORT MEASURES FOR 100% RETENTION
Contingent Post: Provide one contingent
post for each 50 students and part thereof;
ECCE Centre: Establish ECCE Centers
(Not Anganwadis) in all Primary and Upper Primary Schools
Nutritious Meal: Upgrade
Mid – Day Meal to Nutritious Mid – Day Meal;
Breakfast: Provide
breakfast in the morning and milk and snacks in the evening;
Contingent Need: Provide all needs of
the child like sufficient number of note books along with text books, four
pairs of uniforms, two pairs of shoes and school bags and medical services.
Children with special needs: Attend all
needs of the children with special needs.
Cycles: All necessary infrastructure
and student support measures proposed for Primary Schools above shall be provided
for UP Schools and students therein. In addition, provide bicycles for all
children of UP Section coming from other villages. These measures would
increase enrolment in UP schools.
IV UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Physical, Art, Work Education: One
teacher for Physical and Health Education, one teacher for Art Education and
one teacher for Work Education shall be appointed on regular basis for two or
three schools together if work load is not sufficient in one school.
V HIGH SCHOOLS
Fill up all Vacancies of school Assistants: Even after rationalization, many UP Schools
could not get full staff due to lack of sufficient number of School Assistants.
So also, there is a heavy work load in high schools. On the other hand many
sanctioned School Assistant posts fall vacant due to retirement of teachers for
the last four years.
Government should sanction necessary new
posts (School Assistants including Language Teachers and Physical education)
to provide sufficient teachers in UP Schools and reduce work load in High
Schools.
Establish Infrastructure
as provided in RMSA norms;
Open new sections such
that no section is more than 40 and provide rooms immediately;
Provide 4 subject and 3 language teachers for each of 5
sections
Provide PET post for
every 250 students and part thereof;
VI RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR NEEDY
Residential schools of Navodaya Standard shall be
established for needy students or 50% seats in the existing Govt. residential
schools may be allotted for them. The needy students shall be provided
residential education from class 1 to 12 in schools. They may be identified in
the following categories:
a) All single parent children or no parent/guardian children,
b) All children relieved of child labor
or long drop outs, c) All street children All mentally retarded Children and so
on and so forth shall be provided residential schools.
VII REGULATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
a) Take regulatory measures (including closer or take over)
against private schools collecting excessive fee and not following minimum
service conditions of teachers, infrastructure and pedagogical norms. All
private schools should implement 50%, 15%, 15%, 15% and 5% rule in regard to
disbursement of funds collected through fee.
b) Withdraw the Draft ‘Self
Financed Independent Schools Act’. Strengthen GO 1/1994, increase the strength
of the Governing Body on par with SMCs in government schools and increase the
representation of parents from present paltry 15% to at least 75%
c) Implement mother tongue of the
child as medium of education in both government and private schools. Again
mother tongue of the child shall be one compulsory language up to class XII.
VIII IMPLEMENT ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT JUDGMENT
Bring a Legislative Act to ensure admission of all children
and wards of judges, ministers, officers, government employees and teachers in
government schools on the strength of Allahabad High Court Judgment. That would
put everything right.
With Regards
D. Ramesh Patnaik, Convener, APSEC
K. Venkateswara Rao, Gen. Secretary, APTF
(1938)
N.V. Ramanaiah, Gen. Secretary, DTF
Ramakrishna, President, PDSU
M. Subba Rao, State President, AISF
A Ravi Chandra, President, PDSU
Copies to: Commissionerate
of School Education, Govt. of AP
State Project Director,
SSA; Director, RMSA; Director, SCERT
