Students overlook on Sankardev, Gandhiji and Laxminath Bezboruah: IS

JORHAT, Nov 22: ‘As many as 95 per cent students of Jorhat DCB Girls’ High School, BDS High School and Geetashree High School have yet to know about Srimanta Sankardev, Mahatma Gandhi and Laxminath Bezboruah’. This shocking comment has made by Jorhat Inspector of Schools (IS) Dr Tilok Chandra Saikia, after inspecting a number of schools of Jorhat district here yesterday. The Inspector of Schools also said that, the high schools located in the urban areas of Jorhat district have mostly ignored this matter and failed to answer before him regarding these legendary personalities of the country. “I felt very sad while I observed that more than 95 per cent students of the three high schools failed to answer me about Sankardev, Gandhiji and Laxminath Bezboruah. The high school students even failed to utter a single word about these prominent personalities of our religious, historic and literary life”, he added.

The Inspector of Schools has been making a sudden inspection of the high schools of the districts during the last couple of days. In his inspection, the Inspector witnessed the poor quality of teaching by the high school teachers and their negligence of duty with his own eyes. Talking to The Sentinel, the School Inspector of the district revealed that, he has witnessed the poor rates of teacher’s attendance in schools and the meagre teaching skills of the teachers. He informed that, when he reached at the Malowali Higher Secondary School recently at 10.30 am, no teacher was present in the school including the headmaster. The Inspector made a pay cut order of eight teachers of the school as a disciplinary action.

It is a matter of fact that, Jorhat is the cultural capital of the State. Apart from it, Jorhat district is on the top of the list of literary people with 78 per cent. If the education scenario of the highest literary district of the State is so regrettable, the scenario of the other districts can well be imagined. Dr Tilok Chandra Saikia appealed to the textbook makers that they should pay attention to this pitiable condition of the student’s knowledge and should try to introduce these eminent figures of the country through the curriculum. THE SENTINEL