Hyderabad, January 13: The A P Save Education Committee on Thursday urged the government to take steps to improve the educational standards and develop facilities in schools in the state.
The delegation of the Committee met the Minister for Primary Education, Dr S Shailajanath and submitted a memorandum in this regard.
Later, speaking to the media in the Secretariat here, the Committee General Secretary, Dr M Gangadhar said that the government should take steps to improve the quality of education in government run schools and supply nutritious food to the students. As per the Right to Education Act-2009, the government should fill up the vacant teacher posts and see that the student and teacher ratio should be 30:1. The schools with the strength of students between 100 and 200 should have six teachers including head master. The Primary High Schools should have seven teachers to run upto seventh class, he added.
He also demanded for lifting of ban on recruitment of teachers in aided schools in the state. The old and new vacant posts in the schools should be filled up according to staff pattern, he added. The required facilities like drinking water, toilets, play ground, labs, library and computer education should be provided at the schools. In every primary school, an Early Child Care and Education Centre should be setup to solve the issue of school drop outs.
He said: “Commercialization of education should be banned in the country and common school system should be introduced”.
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