CBSE Opens Agartala Office to Aid Tripura School Results
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Following the disappointing board exam results of CBSE-affiliated schools in the state, the Central Board of Secondary Education has announced its decision to set up a sub-regional office in Agartala-the capital city of the state. This comes in response to widespread public criticism about the government schools in the state due to their pathetic record of poor academic results by students of such schools after having recently adopted the curriculum followed by the CBSE affiliated schools.
In 2018, the BJP came into power in Tripura and named 125 government schools Vidyajyoti Schools. The institutions began to adopt the CBSE curriculum and change their medium of study to English. The idea was to make the school a national institution and elevate the prospects of students, which would eventually help improve their careers.
The consequences are worrisome:. In the latest CBSE board exams, the Vidyajyoti students could pass only at 61% in Class 10 and 59% in Class 12. Critics claim that the medium of instruction had shifted from Bengali to English, a major challenge for the children as most of them got minimal exposure to English during their school-going days, at least till high school. The opposition has raised the criticism that the government is endangering the future of students for such a change by not supporting them well before the introduction, which has resulted in the student’s being left with no other option but facing the board exams of English medium without proper preparation.
The Tripura government had allotted a plot of land to house the sub-regional office of CBSE to be established so as to respond to such objections and give better support to schools affiliated to CBSE. Abhijit Samajpati, Officer on Special Duty in the Education Department, informed that the office will operate from a building at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya temporarily. The office will provide key services to schools, such as admissions, subject alterations, updating students’ records, conduct-crenellation exercise of examination centres, mark sheet rectification, and grievance redressal, said Samajpati.
Therefore, the new office will undertake training teachers so that it will be possible to help in the effective transition of students into the new CBSE curriculum. Additionally, it will cooperate with state bodies and regional institutions to ensure smooth examination processes and to back activities for student development. Samajpati was eager to note that the project falls into a wider strategy of expanding the educational infrastructure of the state, enlarging opportunities of learning, and building a friendly climate in which education could be more effectively delivered within the state.
The government hopes the sub-regional office will be a stepping stone to solve the current problems and pave the way for better academic results in the future. This proactive move from the government shows that the concerns of students are not going to be ignored and schools will be better equipped to deal with the change to the CBSE system.
