Driven by the compulsion of completing syllabus in fixed timeline as per the guidelines of J&K Board of School Education, both private (missionary & non missionary) and government schools produce half learners by teaching students only one part of a particular chapter of a particular subject and leaving the other half of the chapter for the student to prefer it to learn themselves or otherwise. This is not a mere allegation but a well founded observation of the conscious parents of the students of both private (missionary and non missionary) and government schools in Kashmir valley. Most of the parents are not aware of this very dangerous precedence set in the post covid teaching-learning scenario in both private (missionary & non missionary) and government schools and such a bad precedence if not checked and curbed through strong corrective measures immediately would ultimately spoil the future of children in Kashmir’s both private (missionary & non missionary) and Government schools. Most probably teaching one part of a particular chapter of subject and leaving the other part for the students to learn themselves or otherwise is the cause of poor showing of the candidates of Kashmir valley in the recently announced results of civil services examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for selection to the elite services of the country like IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and several allied central services. Notably the candidates from Kashmir are also performing upto the standards even in the J&K Combined Services Examination conducted by J&K Public Service Commission (J&K PSC). Ironically the private schools (both missionary & non missionary) take examinations of only half chapters taught by them in regular classes just to ensure high scoring in examinations and this all is being done just to impress parents about the education of their children in private (both missionary & non missionary) schools. Parents conscious of this bad precedence in the process of the completion of syllabus in both Government and Private (missionary & non missionary) schools notice lapses in the completion of the syllabus and as a compulsion in higher class of Class 10-12 arrange private tutors for completion of such topics of a particular subject which are left by school teachers for the students to learn themselves or other. Ironically only 5% parents can arrange private tutors for teaching their children half chapters left by teachers for them to learn themselves or just skip. So 95% children taught only half chapers means teachers are only covering half syllabus for which examinations are taken. Never forget that the performance of the students of private missionary schools has not been as much impressive in recent years as much it used to be a decade ago .
Concerned top functionaries of both the J&K Board of School Education and as well as the School Education Department have not to reduce the annual practice of syllabus completion a mere formality for conduct of examinations but a process for clear and full understanding of the subjects by the student in furtherance of the causes of making them efficient and excellent learners. Never forget that efficiency and excellence in learning syllabus of a particular class in entirety without leaving even a single word untouched in the class room is a license for a bright career to a student. Above all for teachers leaving even a single world of the syllabus for the students to learn themselves is an unpardonable offence that demands stringent punishment not as per law but as per the highest standards of morality in academics.
Children having educated parents and the facility of private tutors should not have given teachers of both private (missionary & non missionary) and Government schools a license to teach only one half of a particular chapter of a particular subject and leave the other half for the students to learn themselves or otherwise. In fact the J&K Board Of School Education is also responsible for creating this mess in teaching-learning process by fixing avoidable deadlines for the completion of syllabus just for the purposes of completing an academic formality. Unfortunately J&K Board of School Examination has not devised any mechanism to regulate the completion of syllabus for the purposes of denying both private and government teachers a license to teach only half chapters for their own physical and mental conveniences and ultimately produce only half learners. Concerned top functionaries of both the J&K Board of School Education and as well as the School Education Department have not to reduce the annual practice of syllabus completion to a mere formality for the conduct of examinations but a process for clear and full understanding of the subjects by the students in furtherance of the causes of making them efficient and excellent learners. Never forget that efficiency and excellence in learning syllabus of a particular class in entirety without leaving even a single word untouched in the class room is a license for a bright career to a student. Above all for teachers leaving even a single word of the syllabus for the students to learn themselves is an unpardonable offence that demands stringent punishment not as per law but as per the highest standards of morality in academics.
