Chairman
CBSE-New
Delhi.
Dear
Sir,
In my Open Letter No-1, I congratulated
you on assuming office and mentioned our expectations.
I am pleased to find that you and the
CBSE are moving forward in the right direction and tackling issues of concern,
one by one.
CCE:
We are mostly glad to know of the
proposed changes in CCE Pattern. We read this from Newspapers across the county
and each Newspaper claimed that you said so,
We are happy that the Class X
Examination will be held by the Board from March 2018.
However, it is not clear whether it will
be a test of Syllabus Prescribed for the SA-2 or a combined Examination of the
entire Syllabus of SA-1 & SA-2.
CBSE is surely between the devil &
the deep sea in this matter. If CBSE decides it to be a Test of the entire
Syllabus of Class X, then all those who have been propagating Stress free
Examination will raise hue and cry. If the CBSE decides upon the SA-2 only
being tested by the Board in the March 2018 Examination; in that case.,our
friends who speak of poor performance of students at the +2 Stage will be on
war path.
Besides, we have also heard that there
will be only two FA’s, one in each Term.
May be this will not be in tune with the
spirit of CCE. It may be that the Grades of only two FA’s are carried forward
while several FA’s will be there for Diagnostic Remediation.
The CBSE may come up with Scores of FA Manuals,
Trainings and Notifications regarding FA’s, Schools and parents will be happy
only when these are written paper pencil Tests, Class Tests, Unit Tests; in
addition to other Tools and Tasks.
Another issue that concerns all will be
the weightage to FA’s, each SA and how the large Number of Descriptive Indicators
in the Co-scholastic Area is reduced and yet Objectivity maintained.
EAMINATION
BYE LAWS:
The CBSE has recently modified the
Examination Bye Laws and we are ally happy about it, especially about clauses
that deal with Children who are differently abled and who have Special Needs.
But the decision about not allowing
re-evaluation is against the spirit of fairness, transparency and objectivity.
I am sure, if such a decision is announced, there will be Parents who will seek
legal redress.
SCHOOL
FEE:
Contradictory reports have confused all.
The CBSE Affiliation Bye Laws do speak of FEES being charged by a School to be
commensurate with the facilities offered by the School.
The CBSE would like its autonomy and the
Schools that are affiliated to CBSE are being denied Autonomy in dealing with financial
issues of levy of School FEE.
We are glad to know that Schools need to
put up on the website of the School,
information about the School. This was an integral part of CBSE SQAA; which we feel has been put in the cold storage.
I remember having voiced our opinion in
several forums, that the Schools need to follow Statutory & Regulatory
Rules and Affiliation Bye Laws and choose to seek Quality Accreditation from a
National Apex Body – Quality Council of India.
The thinking to have two Fee structures,
one GENERAL and the other SPECIAL will lead to discrimination on social &
financial basis. Education in Schools must cater to Equity, Quantity &
Quality.
STAFF:
I am grieved to see that while populist
moves are kept uppermost while bringing in changes and pleasing the masses; the
most important kingpin of the school system and one of the stake-holders-the
faculty is ignored.
I take this opportunity to express my
pain and anguish when I see that affiliation Bye Laws are not followed when it
comes to issues of Staff Salary, Service Conditions, Leave Rules, Gratuity,
Maternity Leave etc.
Schools appoint teachers on ad-hoc and
fire them at will. Recruitment is a farce. It is a matter of bidding. The jobs
go to the lowest bidders.
Schools change Principals at will and
the Principals instead of being empowered are forced to tow the Management line
and deal with staff as wage earners and a third rate commodity.
Schools face attrition of staff and
hence they ask teachers to deposit a security amount or else the Managements
deduct a part of Salary as Security. No receipts, no accounts and the security
amount is never paid back. Schools retain Original Certificates of teachers and
if the teachers wants to shift, they are not given either the Original
Certificates or the Experience Certificate.
There are Schools that are following the
CBSE affiliation Bye Laws; but the percentage of such schools is very less.
By and large the schools treat staff
badly; the Principal as their agent and the main mission is seek more &
more admissions, procure more and more funds through fees, fines, donations,
sale of Books, Uniforms, organizing fetes & fairs, tours & trips and
competitions. These Funds go to the coffers of Management and the more the
money, the merrier.
The latest trend is sending students on
foreign trips under one or the other pretext and depute the Principal or a Staff
member along with the students, since the management has no encumbrances as the
tour operators are giving free tickets & stay to one staff on every 10 to
15 students.
The CBSE needs to ensure that Staff is
paid as per requirements of affiliation Bye Laws. One Way to do so is to pay
all staff members through either the CBSE or the State Treasury and ensure that
maltreatment and exploitation of Principals and teachers is stopped by having a
Common Code of SERVICE RULES.
While we have been thinking of our
children and the Parents; we have ignored the most vital element of the School:
the Staff, Principal, Teachers, Administrative and Support staff.
I am sure you will surely think of this
also while trying to improve Schools & School Education,
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