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Teaching of Plus-One portions to be checked

R. Krishnamoorthy

Plan to conduct random inspections to ensure that schools treat both years of study on an even keel

TIRUCHI: Private schools that skip or run slip-shod over chapters in Plus- One in order to concentrate on Plus-Two portions may be brought under the scanner of Education department in the district.

The reasoning of the authorities is that periodic scrutiny will be in the long-term interests of students.

Now that the entrance examinations for professional courses have been withdrawn, several private schools are said to be adopting the negative practice to secure good results in a competitive scenario.

Though not directly related to Plus-Two portions, the Plus-One portions are replete with fundamentals that infuse confidence in the students when they take up graduation.

There have been umpteen instances of `bright' students from private schools faring poorly in first-year engineering programmes.

Lack creativity

Having concentrated on the Plus-Two portions through rote memory for two years, this section of students is found to be lacking in creativity.

The Education department has taken cognisance of this fact and has been emphasising on strict adherence to the schedule formulated by the Board of Studies for completion of lessons and tests in a time-bound manner whenever headmasters are called for meetings.

By and large, Government and Government-aided schools stick to the schedule. But academics feel that the levels of compliance of several private higher secondary schools to this practice are far from satisfactory notwithstanding the fact that district-level common examinations were started for Plus-One a few years ago only to curb this practice.

The Chief Educational Officer, R. Muthukrishnan, said that the department would make surprise inspections at schools and conduct random checks on class notes to ensure that schools treat both standards of higher secondary on an even keel.

Awareness needed

According to a headmaster of a reputed higher secondary school in the city, the negative trend could be checked effectively by increasing the awareness levels of students and parents about the long-term benefits of taking up Plus- One portions seriously. Conscious parents of private schools must not hesitate to inform the media if they come across such happenings, he insists, adding that the information could be provided on terms of anonymity.

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