Aizawl July 29: In a recent meeting of the Mizoram English Medium School Teachers Association, MEMSTA reiterated its intention not to participate in the Middle English School Leaving Certificate examinations that the state conducts.
Talking to this newspaper, Lalnunkunga Sailo, president of MEMSTA said a meeting of his organization held last Friday had again resolved its intention not to let their class VII students sit for the state-prepared examinations because it was a useless gesture and because they want the better Comprehensive & Continuous Evaluation system.
The meeting also said it appreciated the move by education department officials to root out schools that had enrolled failed class VII students to class VIII and that the officials should not target only private schools but should start with government schools.
“If the education department is actually going through with this, we would like the campaign to commence with government schools because we believe there are many government high schools which has admitted failed class VII students to class VIII. The exercise should not be contained to private schools alone,” Sailo said.
MEMSTA has also condemned the criticism of the government of some private schools on having poor standards saying this should have been checked when the government gave these schools permission and recognition.
“It is entirely the fault of the government that some schools are not up to standards because it is the government which had given permission to run these schools. This should have been checked when they were evaluated by officials before they were given permission and recognition,” Sailo said.
The meeting last Friday also demanded that if those without MESL or MSL certificates are not to be allowed to sit in the HSLC examinations, the students should not be discriminated between those studying in the state and those studying outside the state where no MSL certificate examinations are conducted.
It was also pointed out again that the government assumes a discriminating stance where merit scholarships are concerned. “We cannot accept that only 6 students from English medium schools who excel in their studies are given merit scholarships while 74 from government schools are given this,” MEMSTA said declaring the lopsided awarding of scholarships a bad and wrong practice.
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