Encouraged by the good results of the Advanced Foundation Course (AFC) introduced in municipal schools that have witnessed sweeping changes in the last academic year as part of the efforts to push reforms, the officials helming the Education wing of the Municipal Administration Department have decided to expand the changes.
As per a micro schedule, the OMR-based weekly Common Practice Test (CPT), implemented last year for students of classes VI to X, is now being implemented in classes IV and V also. “This is to enable students to adopt preparedness mode from an early stage. The idea is to enhance their academic competence level to give their counterparts in the corporate sector a tough competition,” said K. Chittibabu, Consultant, Education wing of the Department.
Focus on class 10
The officials are focussed on grooming the 10th class students. Last year, 303 students secured cent per cent result against their target of 500. “This year we have set a target of 1500 10/10 GPA,” said Mr. Chittibabu.
“Nearly 80% of our students come from the poorest of the poor families mostly from the urban slums. We want to prove that it is possible to lift this section on par with others by making quality education accessible to them,” he said.
Teacher transfers
While happy with the reforms that are yielding good results, members of the municipal teachers’ federation are upset over the delay in effecting their transfers and promotions. “The teaching community is frustrated due to the inordinate delay in transfers and promotions. The 10th class results would have been even better if the authorities addressed this issue,” said State president of Municipal Teachers’ Federation S. Ramakrishna.
Citing the promise of introducing Intermediate colleges for students of municipal schools, he said if implemented, the 24,600 tenth class pass outs would benefit greatly by it.