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The ratio of teachers leaning

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Coimbatore: In many of the 780 government elementary schools in this district, teachers are forced to deal with more than 90 students in class, while the student-teacher ratio must be 30: 1 from grade 1 to V and 35: 1 of class VIII to VIII.
While the government elementary school in Malumachampatti has 120 students in class IV only, only has a teacher to handle it.
Because only 20 students can be permitted in each class now, students will come to school only once a week.
The situation is no different in elementary school at JJ Nagar near Chettipalayam.
M Thangamalai, the parents of class IV students, said there were more than 60 students in his daughter’s class.
“This school has 370 students and more teachers are needed to care for them individually.” A source said the distribution of uneven teachers has affected academic activities in elementary school for a while.
“While some schools have more than enough teachers to maintain a ratio of 30: 1 needed, other schools face teacher shortages.
The school education department must ensure the distribution of teachers to facilitate a better learning experience for children.” Another source said the student ratio Teachers cannot be maintained in several schools because they have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of students.
“Many parents have registered their children in government schools by pulling them out of private schools, because they cannot afford high costs because of the situation of the pandemic.” Their ward to a private school, if the teacher who is adequate is not deployed in government schools.
He urged the state government to conduct transfer counseling for teachers to overcome the lack of requirements.
“Only the teacher will be willing to be deployed to representatives.
I have asked officials not to punish teachers at school far from their residence.
This is a temporary step to ensure academic activities in schools are not affected until the transfer counseling is carried out.”

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