Municipal schools to appoint part time teachers to manage increased students
Guntur Municipal Commissioner C Anura (left) inaugurated the renovated municipal school.AMARAVATI: The reopening of the primary schools with rising numbers of students has prompted the municipal administration department to appoint part-time teachers in all urban schools. The decision to appoint part-time teachers (vidya volunteers) has been taken to manage the student-teacher ratio at a decent level as the enrolment of children in the public schools has witnessed a steep jump during the current academic year.
The school managements are anticipating that the admissions particularly in the primary schools might further go up once the parents made up their mind to send their wards to the schools leaving the covid-19 fears behind. State government reopened the schools for class-IX and X in last November and class-VI, VII and VIII in January.
After making a calculated assessment of the covid-19 situation in the state, the government had finally decided to resume the classes for all the classes including for the tiny tots with reopening of pre-primary schools. Although, the pre-primary schools (anganwadi centres) have sufficient staff to manage the children, the principals of primary, upper-primary and high schools were struggling to manage the increased number of students due to the shortage of teachers.
The state government’s flagship programme, Amma Vodi and renovation of public schools under Naadu-Nedu scheme has prompted many parents to admit their children in government managed schools. The state government’s decision to provide uniform, shoes, books to all the students well before the reopening of the schools had also reported to have increased the enrolments into the schools. According to initial reports, municipal schools alone reported nearly 30000-35000 new admissions during the current academic year. “Covid-19 induced financial troubles have also prompted many parents to keep away from the private schools to lessen their fee burden and admit their children in the government schools,” observed S Ramakrishna, Municipal Teachers Federation (MTF) president.
The school managements are anticipating that the admissions particularly in the primary schools might further go up once the parents made up their mind to send their wards to the schools leaving the covid-19 fears behind. State government reopened the schools for class-IX and X in last November and class-VI, VII and VIII in January.
After making a calculated assessment of the covid-19 situation in the state, the government had finally decided to resume the classes for all the classes including for the tiny tots with reopening of pre-primary schools. Although, the pre-primary schools (anganwadi centres) have sufficient staff to manage the children, the principals of primary, upper-primary and high schools were struggling to manage the increased number of students due to the shortage of teachers.
The state government’s flagship programme, Amma Vodi and renovation of public schools under Naadu-Nedu scheme has prompted many parents to admit their children in government managed schools. The state government’s decision to provide uniform, shoes, books to all the students well before the reopening of the schools had also reported to have increased the enrolments into the schools. According to initial reports, municipal schools alone reported nearly 30000-35000 new admissions during the current academic year. “Covid-19 induced financial troubles have also prompted many parents to keep away from the private schools to lessen their fee burden and admit their children in the government schools,” observed S Ramakrishna, Municipal Teachers Federation (MTF) president.
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