Schools without teachers in Betul

December 18, 2007 Dainik Jagran, Bhopal edition in its column ‘Letter to the Chief Minister’ had carried a letter written from Malkapura, Betul district. The letter raises an important concern and informs that 54 middle school and 14 primary schools in Betul district don’t have teachers. The person writing from the district also brings up another important issue that even if there are teachers, rather then being in school, they are attached to other departments and are undertaking administrative work. This letter to the head of the State calls for immediate reversal of the same. It rightfully questions that if schools don’t have teachers then who will teach?

It may be pertinent to mention that this blog had written about ‘the column namely letter to Chief Minister’ in two newspapers of Bhopal which gives space to people to raise concern with the political head of the state. This is one such example. Now more important is that this letter is noticed and immediate action is taken. This problem is not only in Betul but in all districts of the state. Numbers of teachers are less, if they are their many times they are compulsorily engaged in other jobs except teaching. Here it a call to media, here is the hard story, please do the needful, students of the state will benefit. A call to developmental agencies working in the State to keep raising this issue and bring teachers back to school, and then only we can expect students to be back.

Teachers are meant to teach, it is important that all schools should have teachers as needed and they should be teaching and imbibing education to students or else there is no point of saying school chalein hum!