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The government on Thursday commenced English medium from class VI with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus in 6,500 high schools in rural areas as a new experiment amid criticism against launching the scheme without proper trained teaching staff.
At a press conference here on Thursday, School Education Minister C. Damodar Rajanarsimha and Principal Secretary C. B. S. Venkata Ramana justified the experiment on the ground that it would offer convent-type English medium education to the children of the poor, making them fare better in life.
Classes VI and VII in 3,276 upper primary schools together with the staff have been shifted to high schools located within a radius of two km. A survey revealed that the attendance in class VI in 186 upper primary schools was zero and students had to trek five km on an average to reach school.
Teachers in the high schools selected for the new experiment would use All India Radio also to teach pupils English. They would listen to Telugu news bulletin and later the one in English so that they can follow the latter easily over a period of time.
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STUDENTS OF the English medium schools preparing for the CBSE Board in the city are facing a unique problem. Despite studying in the English medium schools they do not get transfer certificates (TC) from their respective schools. To enable them to get admission at other schools, the school management issues TC bearing name of another school duly registered with the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA).
One would be surprised to learn that there are several schools imparting education according to CBSE syllabus (English medium) but barring a few none of them is registered with the office of the Basic Shiksha Adikari (BSA).
English will replace Telugu as the medium of teaching and the state syllabus will be replaced with the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) syllabus in 6,500 government-run high schools in Andhra Pradesh from the new academic year beginning this month.
The government said the move was aimed at shoring up standards in school education and to prepare students to strengthen their base in English medium and face competition.
With IT and other knowledge-based industries throwing up many jobs in the state, the introduction of English with CBSE syllabus followed by computer studies could better prepare students, especially from rural areas,
With IT and knowledge-based industries spreading their base in the state, the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided that English will replace Telugu as the medium of instruction in 6,500 government-run schools.
At the same time the state syllabus will be replaced by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) syllabus so that children in these schools are able to compete with their counterparts from other states, official said.
The government said the move was aimed at shoring up standards in school education and to prepare students to strengthen their base in the English medium and prepare them for national and global
The state of affairs in Government-run schools is causing confusion to everyone. With the new academic year fast approaching, many teachers and parents are worried about the introduction of CBSE syllabus and English as medium of instruction.
‘‘The State Government has not taken appropriate measures to familiarise the teaching staff to English language teaching. Five-day training classes were conducted for namesake without any seriousness,’’ Chukka Ramaiah, MLC, said at a press conference at the AP United Teachers Federation (UTF) office here on Monday.
Welcoming the Government’s decision to introduce English education, he pointed out that the move would make the learning process
YSR moots schools
From the ensuing academic year (2007-08), the state government proposes to set up 20 government sponsored co-education, English medium and residential institutes under public private partnership. The scheme, meant for classes VI to XII, will have a CBSE syllabus.
Initially, the government had floated the idea of setting up concept schools but due to opposition from all quarters, it has now decided to change the nomenclature to public schools.
Based on its success, one public school will come up in every assembly segment later, chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said.
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