KADAC holds interaction with head of schools

DIPHU — Karbi Anglong District Academic Council (KADAC) on Thursday organised a one-day interactive programme with principals and headmasters of all government-provincialised and government-aided secondary schools in Karbi Anglong at Chandra Sing Teron High School, Dharamnala.

The sole purpose of the interactive programme was to learn from teachers about the various problems in their respective schools.

Addressing the teachers, the executive member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in-charge of Education, Richard Tokbi, informed that the government of Assam would do away with the setting up of new venture schools. He added that government assistance such as grant-in-aid under KAAC jurisdiction would be stopped.

“It has been discussed in the KAAC executive committee meeting that financial benefits like receiving grant-in-aid will be stopped for venture schools from KAAC. This decision has been taken,” Tokbi informed.

On the good performance of the matriculation results, he thanked all the teachers for their untiring effort and dedication.

“Today, on this momentous occasion of the interaction programme, I am confident that every teacher present will be highly motivated and energised with the resourceful guidance and suggestions received from the distinguished speakers. Let us continue with delivering excellent knowledge and guidance to keep our students updated with the best skill to prepare them to face the challenges of tomorrow,” he added

He appealed to every teacher to treat their students as their own children and give them the right direction so that every individual in society could grow, prosper and contribute towards national building.

Earlier, during the interactive session, the district programme officer (DPO) of Samagra Siksha, Khonsing Ronghang, explained about the district performance in matriculation and higher secondary examinations as well as the state- and national-level indicators of the district in terms of the district educational performance.

Reviewing the three-year matriculation results of the district, Ronghang informed that in 2022, the matriculation pass percentage was 49.92%, while in 2023 it increased to 74.47% and this year it was 82%.

At the all-Assam ranking, the district stood at 8th rank. In the higher secondary examination, the Arts stream secured 75.09%, the Commerce stream secured 88.01% and the Science stream secured 86.13%.

Ronghang also explained that the transition rate at the secondary level was very high due to the large number of dropped-out students. Between 2021 and 2022, the transition rate was 77.7% and in 2022–2023, it was 43.8%.

The dropout rate between 2021 and 2022 was 16.7% and between 2022 and 2023, it increased to 25.4%.

In the gross enrollment ratio (GER) for the years 2021–2023, it averaged 79.3%. The net enrollment ratio (NER) over the same period was 45.7%.