DIMAPUR, AUGUST 20 (MExN): The Nagaland Department of School Education (DoSE) today stated that it has initiated several measures to reduce the dropout rate in the upper primary level.
A press note from the Director of School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe informed that one of the major reasons behind the high dropout rate at the upper primary level is the hardships faced by parents in identifying upper primary schools and take fresh admissions. In order to address the issue, various measures have been initiated as advised by the MHRD.
As part of this, the SDEOs have been directed to identify the feeder Government Primary Schools of each Government Middle School under their jurisdiction and notify the list.
All Head Teachers & Teacher–in–Charges will be instructed that all qualified class V students from the feeder schools are to be automatically admitted to class VI of the respective GMS under whose jurisdiction the feeder schools falls. The Teacher–in–Charges of the GPSs are also instructed to submit the required documents such as PCR of the qualified class V students to the Head Teacher of the GMS where the students will be automatically admitted.
The DoSe added that no GMS shall deny admission to the qualified class V students coming from the feeder GPSs. Meanwhile, the Teacher–in–Charges shall inform the parents about the GMS where their children are being automatically admitted to class VI.
The SDEOs are also bound to call all the Teacher–in–Charges, Head Teachers and Class Teachers of classes V and VI under their jurisdiction for a meeting to explain the aforesaid provisions, while also explaining other steps to be taken by Class Teachers and School Heads.
All class V Class Teachers are instructed to visit the residences of those class V qualified students who are not joining class VI and encourage them to continue studies. They are to supervise the transition of students from class V to VI and remove all the hurdles in the process. The Teacher–in– Charges have been directed to prepare a list of students who have passed out class V but have not joined class VI in spite of all the above efforts and submit to the SDEOs.
Following this, the SDEOs shall discuss the issue with the respective Deputy Commissioners, District Education Officers and the Director of School Education for indentifying further course of action that can taken to encourage the students to rejoin in class VI.
As per the MHRD advisory, the Deputy Commissioners are responsible for ensuring automatic admission of all qualified class V students in an Upper Primary School. Therefore, all the SDEOs are to work in close association with the District Administration in this regard.
The DoSE informed that similar measures would be adopted by the District Education Officers for increasing the transition rate from class VIII to Class IX.
