Uttar Pradesh: One teacher manages 225 students in Shamli school
Press Trust of India | September 30, 2021 | 05:33 PM IST | 1 min read
Uttar Pradesh teacher handling entire school single handedly due to lack of teachers in the school
NEW DELHI: In Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, a lone teacher Sikhsha Mitra is in charge of handling 225 children due to lack of teachers at a government primary school .
Before the Covid-induced lockdown last year, two teachers were posted at the school in Khanpur village, Umesh Kumar, a member of district panchayat, told PTI.
“One of the teachers passed away and the other has been on leave,” said Kumar who has asked the district magistrate to appoint more teachers.
Also Read | TS ICET 2021 counselling schedule for MBA admission likely to release this week; Top colleges and cut-off
Shiksha Mitra’ is a primary school teacher appointed by the Basic Shiksha Parishad (Education Board) of the Uttar Pradesh government, under its Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011. Mitra has been managing 225 students in different classes since then.
Write to us at news@career360.com
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- CMRIT Bangalore principal: Civil, mechanical engineers migrating to IT – we are building the bridges back
- VIT Vellore professor lectures in 7 languages at once to help BTech students with complex topics; here’s how
- CISCE schools can continue to teach foreign languages as 3rd option: Board secretary
- ‘Fix schools, create jobs’: West Bengal voters cut through election noise with education, employment demands
- BBAU Lucknow student’s death sparks protests against hostel food, curfew; proctor denies link
- Fees to social media-use: What NCAHP’s first ethics code for allied, healthcare professionals says
- NMC junks 150-seat MBBS cap, population rule; sets 10 km limit for medical college-hospital distance
- Suicides, opaque placements, caste: IIT Bombay, Kanpur’s student journals dare to ask the tough questions
- ‘Not just academic, but personal’: NSUT Delhi takes AI beyond BTech, across non-engineering courses
- AI judge, cyber law courses, scholarships: GNLU is revamping LLB degrees to make students courtroom-ready