Poor results of classes X, XII: Principals told to monitor performance regularly

Poor results of classes X, XII
Principals told to monitor performance regularly
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, July 5
After facing flak for poor results of classes X and XII, principals of all higher secondary schools have been told to regularly monitor the performance of schools within their jurisdiction.

Gulzar Ahmed Qureshi, director school education, recently convened a meeting of principals/headmasters and headmistresses of all high and higher secondary schools of Jammu region and told the principals to act as monitor, guide and facilitator of the adopted high schools.

Qureshi directed them to provide timely guidance for the improvement in academic standards. He also called for co-opting lecturers according to the number of feeding high schools i.e. one lecturer for each high school.

He said, “The principals shall visit the adopted schools at least once in a month whereas the lecturers should visit the adopted schools at least once a week”.

Qureshi said the principals and lecturers should ensure proper functioning of the adopted schools. He asked them to conduct weekly tests of students. He added that each subject’s teacher would fix the grading of the students on the basis of performance.

He said, “Necessary records in this regard shall also be maintained by the class subject teacher which shall be cross-checked by the head of the institution”.

He said the report regarding each and every aspect should be compiled by the visiting officer on a prescribed performa prepared by the authorities. “The principals will also ensure punctuality on part of the teaching staff,” Qureshi said.

Regarding duties of headmasters, he informed that they would ensure weekly tests of the students. The primary schools would be monitored by the in-charge/headmaster of the middle schools on similar pattern of the headmaster of the middle school.

Qureshi said the in-charge headmaster of the middle school would submit the report to the headmaster of high school with a copy to the zonal education officer (ZEO) and headmaster of the high school and they, after scrutinising the report, would submit the same to the principal DIET for further action.

“The purpose to adopt the schools is to bring the slow learners at least nearer to the best performer and to achieve 100 per cent results,” Qureshi said.

In order to check the quality of monitoring, the DIETs would also conduct random surprise check of at least 15 per cent schools of the district, besides SIE shall conduct test check of at least 5 per cent of the schools in the province.

Courtesy: The Tribune