Inefficient Teachers

Mohammed Younus / Hyderabad : Most of the private schools in the State are functioning with inefficient teachers and about 70 per cent of them cannot answer the questions from the syllabus, they teach. These teachers were neither properly educated nor suitably trained, a government survey revealed. The survey was conducted with the help of officials from the State institutions like SCERT, DIET and School Education department. 

Teaching in Tumbling

• -Only 30 per cent are trained
• -About 80 per cent teachers don’t have syllabus/lesson plan
• -Only 30 per cent can actually understand the subjects they teach
• -Almost 90 per cent teachers needed to be trained about the syllabus and new pattern

The revelations of the survey would possibly change the mindset of parents whose children are studying in private schools. Surprisingly only 15 per cent teachers working in the private schools were found to be trained though 70 per cent among them were being graduates or post graduates. It was also revealed that several schools recruited Engineering graduates for teaching Mathematics, who don’t have any teaching experience and don’t know how to be with children.

The survey was conducted across the State to assess the efficiency of education, learning levels of students and infrastructure in private schools and the report was submitted to the State government for further action. It was revealed that around 70 per cent teachers do not have any idea about what was in the syllabus they were teaching to the students and only 30 per cent teachers could answer the questions based on the syllabus. The survey was conducted in ten districts in 442 private schools including 367 English medium, 73 Telugu medium and 2 Urdu medium. 

During the survey 10,291 teachers were questioned basing on syllabus, subject and RTE. It was found that out of around 10,000 only 3,384 were qualified in Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) and other teacher training courses. About 80 per cent of the teachers don’t read the syllabus books and found teaching without any lesson plan and syllabus plan to the students. It was revealed that only 24 per cent private schools were imparting education through the syllabus prescribed by the State government.

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