3 grades, 1 teacher: Haryana’s schools face a test
Haryana's government schools are struggling with severe infrastructure and staffing issues, including teachers managing multiple grades in a single room. These challenges have led to significant learning gaps, with students failing to meet basic literacy and numeracy standards.
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The report highlights systemic failures in the public education system that threaten the academic development of children in rural and semi-urban districts.
"A Class 12 student was unable to read a line in English or write a simple leave application; Some Class 8 students could not read simple passages in Hindi and English or solve basic addition problems."NEW DELHI/ GURGAON: At one government primary school in Haryana's Farrukhnagar, a teacher has to move between three classes sharing the same room. At another, two teachers teach different grades simultaneously, leaving some students confused about which lesson to follow. Elsewhere, examinations have been disrupted because teachers assigned to official duties are unavailable to conduct them.These are among the unusual situations reported from Gurgaon and neighbouring districts, where teacher shortages, administrative assignments, gaps in learning and questions over school infrastructure have exposed the challenges facing Haryana's education system.The reasons vary, from vacant teaching posts and rules governing teacher allocation to the deployment of staff for non-teaching work.
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