Polytechnic
students on warpath
Sir,
For the
last few days the aggrieved students of
various polytechnic colleges in Jammu are
on agitational path, even one boy tried
to self immolate himself to redress their
grievances (Refer Daily Excelsior dated
15th and 16th Oct, 2003).
It is
really a matter of grave concern for the
people in general and the parents of the
students in particular that for the last
2-3 years the performance of the students
in their annual examinations held by the
J&K Board of School Education has
remained very dismal the pass percentage
has shockingly been reduced to mere 2 to
3 percent a record that has not been ever
heard of in any Board or University in
the country.
On inquiry
from various students, their parents and
college teachers it reveals that lot of
bunglings take place at the Technical
Board level. For example, the results of
the examination held in April-May 2003
have been declared after a considerable
delay of five to six months despite the
number of students roughly runs into one
thousand or so in the whole of the
J&K State.
Secondly,
the examination of one group of the
students admitted during the Session
2002-03 has already been conducted in
April-May 03 and whose result has been
even declared recently but surprisingly
the examinations of the second batch is
yet to be taken whose classes have been
strated late by some polytechnics.
Thereby wasting the precious year of the
students by the concerned Board
authorities.
Besides
the Technical Board the teachers and the
students are also equally responsible for
their dismal performance. The teachers,
it is alleged by the students don't take
pains in teaching their students and
complete their syllabus, instead they
pressurise them to go for tuitions that
they hardly afford due to the financial
constraints.
But on the
other hand the teachers argue that the
majority of the students don't attend the
classes regularly.
Moreover,
the teachers in the private polytechnics
allege that they are being paid a meagre
salary of Rs 2000 or 3000 per month.
Thereby what is expected of from such
class of teachers.
Furthermore,
it is alarming to note that the number of
student intake in the polytechnics in the
State of J&K is reducing year after
year due to the shady past performance of
the institutions and bleak future.
While the
managements of the Private Polytechnics
allege that they have to manage the huge
infrastructure for imparting training in
various trades to the students without
any monetary support from the Government
despite of the fact that the 50 percent
admissions in their institutions are
being made by the Government itself on
the nominal fees prescribed by them.
Therefore,
in the given situation it is incumbent
upon the Government of the day, who is on
path of good governance to overhaul the
whole gamut and streamline the working of
the Board of Technical Education and also
make the teachers accountable for the
dismal performance of their students so
that the shattered faith and trust of the
public is restored back in the
Polytechnic colleges in the state.
Yours
etc....
Rajendra Razdan,
Jammu
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