IMPHAL, January 22: The Senapati based Hill Districts Recognised Private Schools`™ Association Manipur (HIDIPSAM) submitted a long list of its grievances to the Board of Secondary Education Manipur, BSEM, in regards the approaching HSLC examinations.
The memorandum resented Principals are required to attend the Board Office in person just for appending a mere signature for correction of errors. It said this is ridiculous because if 10 corrections were to be made, the Principals have to travel 10 times just for a mere signature, which is impracticable and lacks any reasoning.
It said inspite of candidates paying their respective private centre free for appearing HSLC Exam, an extra `Board Centre fee`™ is made mandatory which is in fact a double payment, pleading to the board to do away with this `double payment`™ of centre fees.
It further said deputing of `Flying Squads`™ which is made compulsory during every exam is an artificial burden on the art of the Board officials. If at all there is an unavoidable requirement to send `Flying Squads`™, personnel should also be drawn from the Hill districts too.
The practice of BSEM issuing certificates to individual student(s) has cost a big loss to the schools, it said, adding many private schools for better result in the HSLC exams bear huge financial burdens to take care of their respective students offering special tuition in the boarding/hostel with an understanding that the parents will pay back the fees during or after the examination. With the BOSEM issuing certificates right after the result, the students and parents take the opportunity to collect the necessary certificates from the board and neglect the school.
It said the recent order of the board to give just two years`™ time limit for tribes without recognised languages is a blatant imposition of despotism in educational sector.
It further said many government department and agencies now require `Recognition Certificate`™ from schools for applying for scholarships and called for the BSEM to recognize certificates issued by private schools for this purpose.
It also complained that year after year it has become a practice of the Board to supply Text books for schools. But, the availability of such books pose a great difficulty for the students as well as to the schools and this hamper the normal classes at least for almost three to four months at a stretch. It said, the board should therefore make sure that text books are made available in advance before the new session begins every year.
It further said the recent regulation formulated for formation of HSLC Private Centre is totally against the existence of Private Recognised schools in Manipur. It demanded the board to first study the feasibility of such orders for the betterment of the students and for the larger interest of the parents.
It also called for a separate last date may be fixed for hill and valley for enrolment, form fill-up, etc, as the logistics to available for students of the two regions are very different.
The memorandum also demanded the board to hold workshop/Seminars for the recognised schools Principals/Headmasters for the betterment of the students in general and schools Proprietors/Principals in particular.
It also said the system of allowing `Private`™ candidates (Open Schooling system) by the board for HSLC exam lacks rationale and it threatens the accountability of recognised schools.