Lack of faculty in govt schools and patriarchal mindset depriving girl students of quality education

Science stream remains elusive to students in all the senior secondary schools across the panchayats under Malarna Doongar tehsil in Sawai Madhopur district.

- Senjuti Sengupta

MALARNA DOONGAR: In many secondary schools, art teachers are assigned to science subjects in junior classes, thereby depriving the girl students of quality education.

Despite high enrolment rate in these government schools, lack of adequate faculty strength continues to plague the education system in the area.

The sorry state of affairs was further confirmed when the state government recently said in the assembly that students prefer private schools than government institutions due to faculty crisis in science and commerce streams.

On February 6, in response to a question by BJP MLA Lalit Meena, the education department said, "The science and commerce departments are not available in the government higher secondary schools in at least 11,304 panchayats across the state, while the science subject is available in 2,394 private higher secondary schools and commerce in another 1,189 such private schools in the same panchayats."

"In view of such situation, the students seem to be pursuing admission in the private ones instead of the government schools - particularly in higher classes," the response added.