Teacher shortage hampers classes in Bagerhat schools
Classes at Bagerhat Government High School and Bagerhat Government Girls' High School are hampered as the two important institutions in the district town are running with much less than required number of teachers.
Eighteen hundred students, enrolled under morning and day shifts, are studying at Bagerhat Government High School but only 32 teachers are now posted there against 53 sanctioned posts.
Twenty-one other posts, including those of the headmaster, one assistant headmaster, five teachers of Bangla, two teachers of English, two of mathematics, one of Islamic studies, one of social science, two of physical science, two of biology, one of geography, two of business studies and one teacher of agricultural science are vacant.
Abu Sakline Mukut, a Class VII student of the school, said, "Although our teachers teach us with sincerity, the classes are not held regularly due to shortage of teachers. And so, we have to depend on private tutors."
Abu Said Sunu, guardian of a student of the school, said sometimes the learners fail to understand the texts as classes of two sections are often held together due to shortage of teachers.
In Bagerhat Government Girls' High School, 1883 students are studying in two shifts and there are approved posts of 53 teachers including the headmaster and two assistant headmasters.
But only 27 teachers are currently working there while posts of 26 others, including two assistant headmasters, five teachers of Bangla, three of English, three of mathematics, three of physical science, three of social science, two of biology, two of Islamic studies, two of agricultural science, and one of fine arts are vacant.
"We do not get lessons properly as only a teacher has to conduct classes for all the subjects under science group," said Samia, a student of Class X.
The acting headmaster of Bagerhat Government High School, Tapan Kumar Bishwas said, "As teaching is hampered due to shortage of teachers, I have notified the higher authorities of the education department and the deputy commissioner in writing."
"A recruitment process is on to fill up vacant posts of teachers at government high schools. Hopefully, we will get several teachers when the process is complete."
Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner Md Mamunur Rashid, also president of the managing committees of the two schools, said he has informed the authorities concerned to resolve the teacher shortage problem.
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