Mumbai : Member of Legislative
Council, Ramnath Mote, created a sensation by alleging that unauthorized
teachers have been checking and evaluating the answer sheets of the Secondary
School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC)
examinations conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher
Secondary Education (MSBSHSE).
Mote, in a letter to
education minister Vinod Tawde, alleged that scores of teachers who are
checking SSC and HSC answer papers are not authorised by the education department.
This raises a question mark over the quality of evaluation in the state board.
Every year, odd 3 million
students appear for the SSC and HSSC examinations and over five lakh students
appear for re-examination. According to the board guidelines, there should be
one teacher for every 250 students and one moderator per ten teachers for
evaluation work. Only experienced teachers should be given the task of paper
checking and those who have long experience are entrusted with moderator’s
responsibility. Only these authorised teachers should carry out the checking
and monitoring task of board answer papers.
Mote alleged that board
officials illegally give the task of paper checking to inexperienced teachers
for their vested interests. These teachers do not have required educational
qualification and teaching experience of the concerned subject.
Mote said that he made
repeated complaints to the state board officials in this regards, however, the
board did not take cognizance of it. He said that if the situation continues,
then he will approach the court in this matter.
A board official, on the
condition of anonymity, said, “On several occasions it is observed that major
schools and senior teachers are reluctant to take responsibility of paper
checking and moderation. Board always gives preference to experienced teachers
and when they say refuse to carry out this work then the board goes for next in
seniority.”
Source | Free Press Journal | 29 July 2015
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