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School records all-fail result in Class 8
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, April 7
Ever heard of a school where no Class 8 student is able to pass the examination. If you haven’t, please visit the Government Middle School Leeran in Darhal tehsil.

Sources in the district Education Department said of the 22 students, who appeared in the Class 8 examination in the session (March 2007-8), no one has passed the examination.

They said this has caused huge embarrassment to the chief education officer, who besides heading the Education Department at the district level was also entrusted the job of conducting the Class 8 examination.

Interestingly, the Government Middle School Leeran is not alone in showcasing poor results. In Government Middle School Pakora in Manjakote zone only one of the 34 students, who appeared for the 8th class examination, managed to pass the exam.

These students put the blame on teachers and accuse their mentors of not teaching them seriously during the whole session.

Taking their grievances, they have met the chief education officer and urged him to conduct re-examination.

“Frankly speaking we failed in the examination just because of the fact that our teachers didn’t teach us during the whole session. They were too busy with giving private tuitions and indulged in this practice even during the school hours,” complained an aggrieved student, who got below 10 marks in one of the subjects.

“Since we belong to poor families we couldn’t manage the money for private tuitions and hence failed,” he added.

He further demanded that school education department should conduct their re-examination and should take strict action against the teachers.

A senior officer in the district Education Department said the CEO had ordered an inquiry into the matter and strict action would be taken against the teachers of these schools if found guilty.

Talking over the phone from Jammu, A.K. Raina, Director, School Education, said they would verify the facts from the CEO office Rajouri. “If the result of any government run school is 0% or even below 5%, it is matter of shock for us,” the director said. “If the allegations against teachers are found true, proper “strict” action will be initiated against them,” he assured.