Govt school education system being sabotaged, claims Channi
Monday, 11/07/2016
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=160658&boxid=58868&uid=&dat=2016-07-11
Chandigarh : The Congress Legislature Party chief Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday alleged that the government school education system in Punjab was being sabotaged as part of the conspiracy by first giving the impression its heading towards failure.
This was evident from the results of the entrance test for admission to the meritorious students in which the success rate is just about 50 per cent this year. He pointed out that this had to be seen in the context of the basic qualification to appear for this test that is 80 per cent in Class X of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB). The students were to get just 50 per cent marks to be qualified to get admission in these select meritorious schools.
“It is shocking that 50 per cent students who have cleared Class X exams of the PSEB with 80 per cent marks and appeared for the admission test failed to even qualify leading to 1,500 seats being vacant. This betrays bankruptcy of the system. The Board authorities had shown better pass percentage by awarding 27 grace marks”, he said. The CLP chief alleged that certain forces in the government were working for the total collapse of the government education system that cater mainly to be students from weaker sections in an attempt to encourage further privatisation in this sector. The private education system had proved to be too exploitative that a student from ordinary family can’t afford. He said that there have already been protests against arbitrary fee hikes by the private schools.
He said that the students from Punjab were getting phased out of the highly competitive system as they fail to qualify.
