Enrol your children in govtrun schools, CM appeals to teachers
Yogi blames education system for lack of qualified educators in the state
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday appealed to teachers of government schools to send their children to government-run primary schools, as this would motivate people in their neighbourhood to withdraw their wards from private schools and enrol them in government schools.
“I appeal to government school teachers to enrol their wards in government schools. Sadly, teachers send their kids to convent schools. If all government teachers send their children to primary schools run by the state basic education board, this would catalyse a change in society from the grassroots level,” he said, while speaking at a function held at Lok Bhawan to felicitate 34 teachers.
To note, in August 2015, the Allahabad high court had made a similar observation, saying efforts should be made to ensure that all government servants sent their children to primary schools run by the state basic education board. The list includes members of the judiciary, government officials, semi government employees, staff of local bodies and representatives of people.
Lamenting shortage of teachers in government-run primary schools, Yogi said against 68,500 advertised posts, the state government barely received 1 lakh applications and only 40,000 of the candidates could qualify. It was not a shortcoming of his government but the education system, which had failed to produce excellent teachers, he said.
Adityanath said a large number of educated people were still unemployed. “If we are unable to get good teachers to fill vacant post of primary teachers, there is a disconnect somewhere. We need to revisit the quality of education,” he said, adding there was a shortage of 97,000 primary teachers in the state but “our priority is to recruit on the basis of merit”.
“If we are not able to get qualified teachers, I feel that the shortcoming is not on the part of the government but on the part of the education system, as it has failed to produce excellent teachers,” he said.
Adityanath also took a pot shot at the protesting teachers, saying a section of teachers always staged protest and tonsured their heads. “I see some people are getting their heads shaved to convey that they should be posted without any competition and then the state government should honour them as teachers.
What type of example are we trying to set for the future generation?”
he asked.
Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma said more than 11 lakh candidates skipped the UP
board examination out of fear as the copying mafia was nailed. “We developed a system in which good students could do
well in academics,” he said. Governor Ram Naik also addressed the gathering.