It is a matter of concern that 51 schools reported a zero pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations this year. A total of 16, 72,153 students passed this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations out of 20,13,597 examinees who appeared in the test.
Among the successful students, as many as 1,82,129 students got the highest grade point average (GPA-5). Conversely, 2,968 schools achieved a perfect 100 percent pass rate across all 11 education boards. However, we congratulate the students, who scored good results in examinations. A total of 83.04 percent students, on an average, passed the HSC and equivalent examinations this year.
The authorities concerned took several actions against the educational institutions that had zero pass rates in the SSC and equivalent examinations in the past few years. The number of educational institutions with zero-pass rates in SSC and equivalents exams has more than doubled since 2015, mainly due to lack of qualified teachers, adequate infrastructures and strict government action against the poor performing institutions.
The government must take special measures so that all schools irrespective of their locations can have better performances in the exams as it is paying salaries to the teachers every month. The zero-pass institutions must face action, including cancellation of the MPO facility and cancellation of academic recognition for the non-MPO institutions.
Lack of competent teachers, especially
for subjects like English, mathematics and
science to blame for the dismal
performance of these institutions
Educationists blamed the lack of competent teachers, especially for subjects like English, mathematics and science, for the dismal performance of these institutions. The education ministry, departments concerned and education boards should start identifying the poor performing institutions immediately and chalk out plans to improve their performances.
The authorities concerned will also have to find out the number of teachers and the numerical strength of students of these institutions. After that they should finalise a plan how the performance of these institutions can be improved.
Apart from the backbone of a nation, as education is also the tool for poverty alleviation, all concerned will have to take more initiative to ensure education for all and maintain quality in order to make the country’s meritorious students worthy citizens.
The government brought a total of the country’s 1,624 non-government educational institutions under the MPO system in 2010 to enhance the quality of education. And in 2022, more 2,716 educational institutions in the country have been brought under the MPO scheme.
We have noticed in the past that the government’s MPO to many educational institutions across the country were cancelled as they had poor percentage of pass rate in the public examinations. It is alleged that a section of corrupt officials in a nexus with some influential quarters are involved in manipulating the listing of MPO process in many ways.
So, in many cases the qualified institutions are being excluded from the list while the disqualified ones enjoy MPO facilities. The quality of education has not been maintained in those institutions which have not been established in proper way and at such places where they are not needed.
Due to setting up institutions here and there, the standard of education is not up to the mark. If the standard of the educational institution is right, only then educational institutions should be brought under MPO coverage.
We think the UNOs and officials in concerned consultation with the public representatives and local personalities will check, recheck and crosscheck to complete the scrutiny process. In this regard, they all will have to keep in mind that whether educational institutions have been established considering the population and the number of students of the relevant area.
They must strictly complete scrutiny of infrastructural locations of the institutions and papers of land. Legal steps should be taken against the educational institutions which are providing “false information” for inclusion in the MPO scheme. Only the qualified institutions should be brought in transparent way under the MPO system every year.
