With the declaration of recent results of NBSE compartmental exams where 1443 qualified, Government Higher Secondary Schools (GHSS) in the state continue to be plagued by shortage of teachers and poor infrastructures to accommodate the students.
NGHSSEA president Kelhikha Kenye, general secretary Chungngam Konyak and vice president Liyalo Apon told Nagaland Post, that schools were supposed to be the temples of learning but due to the current condition of GHSS, Nagaland will fail to provide world-class education. They said the association cannot afford to compromise with education just because of the negligence of the state government.
With more students enrolling in government higher secondary schools, it was informed that GHSS Kohima, Mayangnokcha (Mokokchung), Dimapur, Phek, Mon and Tuensang have the highest enrolment of students where the ratio of student:teacher of 40:1 has become 350:1.
In 41 GHSS there was shortage of teaching faculties and administrators, they said.
NGHSSEA has expressed several grievances such as demand to delink 10+2 in all the government colleges since 2013. The Association also said that improvement of results in several GHSS in the HSLC exams has led to rush for admissions to government schools. However, NGHSSEA maintained, that the government continued to ignore the need for restructuring deployment of teachers and providing basic needed infrastructures.
They further asserted that with the declaration of compartmental exam conducted by NBSE, the already overcrowded GHSS in the state are being confronted with another challenge by students coming from poor economic background. They said the students would definitely seek admission in GHSS but regretted that though the admissions went beyond the intake capacity, many schools were left with no choice since students were mostly from poor economic background.
Members of NGHSSEA stated, that unless the government undertook immediate measures, quality education would be under serious threat that would have serious ramifications on society and affect the future generations.
Further, they also cited the initiative of the villagers in Phek district where local community constructed/extension of three classrooms in GHSS Phek so as to accommodate more than 400 students. They said efforts by every individual and community was required to deliver better and quality education for the future generation. NGHSSEA appealed the government to accord priority to the school education so to ensure required infrastructure and appointment of requisite number of teachers at the earliest.
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