Jharkhand's government schools have a massive teacher shortage, a survey by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand has found. The survey was conducted in 138 primary and upper primary schools between September and October 2022 to assess their condition after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jharkhand's school system was shut for two years, among the longest in the world. Teachers told the surveyors they felt that most students had forgotten how to read and...
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53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after Covid-19: Survey
-Scroll.in An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated. Fifty-three percent of teachers who were part of a survey have said that most students in primary and upper-primary government schools in Jharkhand had forgotten how to read and write by the time schools reopened in February 2022 after the coronavirus pandemic. Primary and upper-primary schools were closed in Jharkhand since the onset...
More »Most Jharkhand School Students Forgot To Read And Write After Covid: Survey -Akhil Kumar
-NDTV.com The survey focussed on government primary and upper-primary schools where at least 50% of the children enrolled come from scheduled caste (SC) or scheduled tribe (ST) families. New Delhi: Schools in Jharkhand are struggling with abysmal infrastructure, low attendance, a shortage of teachers, and inadequate funding after the Covid pandemic, a recent survey of 138 primary and upper-primary schools revealed. In a majority of these schools, teachers felt that "most" pupils...
More »Civil society activists oppose amendments in the land acquisition legislation to acquire tribal and forest lands in Jharkhand
-Press statement by Right to Food Campaign dated 2nd July, 2018 Since 2014, people of Jharkhand have faced severe attacks on their mere right to life by the Raghuvar Das led BJP government. The government has been trying to acquire land of Adivasis and Moolvasis against their wishes that will directly affect their livelihoods. On the other hand, there is also a direct attack on the people’s freedom to religion leading...
More »Why the Parliament should reject the standing committee’s recommendations on the Food Security Bill: RTFC
-Kafila.org This statement was put out by the RIGHT TO FOOD CAMPAIGN on 24 January The much awaited recommendations of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution on the National Food Security Bill are a letdown to those who wrote to the Committee urging it to ensure justice to the people of India. The Committee despite taking a year since December 2011 when the Bill was tabled in the...
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