RANCHI: The performance assessment of teachers in government-run schools is likely to depend on the performance of students in class, Union minister for human resource development Smriti Irani hinted on Friday.

Speaking at the launch of a statewide Vidyalay Chale Chalayein Abhiyaan in Kalamati village in Khunti district of Jharkhand (approximately 30 kilometers from Ranchi), Irani hinted at the Centre’s plan to improve education system by bringing in more accountability among teachers.

“The parents send their wards to schools with a lot of hope. For families with weaker financial backgrounds, hopes on their school-going children are even higher for a better future. Hence the teachers have to be accountable,” she said.

Explaining further Irani said, “We at the Centre are planning on how to align the promotion of teachers with the performance of their respective classes. The promotion of teachers will also depend on the performance of individual students.” Irani, however, did not elaborate further on her ministry’s plan.

Focusing on the management of government-run schools, Irani stressed on the need to give management trainings to the members of school management committees. “There are rules in place which entitle the presence of parents in the school management committee.

Irani, who was in the thick of controversy over the suicide of Rohit Vemula and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) saga recently, however stayed away from media personnel during her daylong Jharkhand visit. Irani remained silent on the recent student stir in Srinagar.



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