Govt failed to get expected result in education, says Yadav.
1. Education Minister Chitralekha Yadav today admitted that the government has failed to get
expected outcomes in education at par with investment.
The government had allocated Rs 86.03 billion for overall development of education sector this
year. However, of the total students who appeared in the School Leaving Certificate exam-2014
from government schools, only 28 per cent passed the exam while 93 per cent students from
private schools passed the SLC exam.
Speaking at an orientation programme for the District Education Officers (DEOs), planning
officers and account chiefs from Central Development Region today, Yadav said that they had
failed to get the expected result in education sector, especially school education.
She said, “Private educational institutions have been achieving great academic success with little
investment, but public schools have not been able to gain the same level of success despite huge
investment.” She also directed the DEOs to find out the reasons behind the unsatisfactory
academic performance of government schools.
According to Ministry of Education (MOE), currently, 22 per cent students are studying in
private schools while 78 per cent students are in government schools.
She also stressed the need to be serious about the existing problems in education sector. She
stated that the ministry was ever ready to help education officials if they have any solutions to
problems in this sector.Bishwo Prakash Pandit, secretary, MoE, said that the education officers
were facing difficulties working freely due to political suppression. He said, “Due to political
pressure from leaders of various political parties, the DEOs in the districts were facing
difficulties executing education laws, policies and directives.”
Laba Dev Awasthi, director general, Department of Education said that they were releasing the
budget in small volume reviewing the past performance and prevalence of financial
irregularities.
He shared his experience stating that education officers were not motivated to perform their
duties due to fear of being accused of financial irregularities. Krishna Kapri, director, Central
Regional Education Directorate said that education officials such as account chiefs, planning
officers, DEOs and others from 19 districts had participated in the orientation program.
