Teachers in UP can’t even spell ‘evaluation’ correctly
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Doesn’t this hint at the bigger surrounding the education system in UP, when teachers don’t know the name of the state CM, or the date India gained its independence?
It was on Monday that answer sheets of BA English, History and Economics were being evaluated at the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (ITHM), when the centre's evaluation coordinator smelled something fishy about two teachers and started interrogating them. Turns out, both had valid degrees and were teacher at colleges affiliated with UP universities.
When TOI contacted UP governor and chancellor of the university Ram Naik, he said, "Mail me the details of the teachers. I will get it inquired into and take suitable action."
One of the teachers, Shyam Bahadur is an associate professor in English is working at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. Anil Kumar Pal, the second one, is associate professor in Economics, and works at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. Both have more than a decade of teaching experience, and yet...
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Evaluation coordinator and ITHM director Luvkush Mishra told TOI, "The English teacher used wrong grammar while writing a two-line application letter seeking permission for evaluating papers. And he spelled evaluation as 'evalluation'. He also failed to answer basic questions concerning English.
Pal, on the other hand, didn’t know what 'audit' means, or what 'IMF' stands for.
As per sources, a huge runs cartel behind hiring such teachers, who mostly are employees of private colleges, and are underpaid and made to do all sorts of work. The fact that they have earned degrees also hints at another possible scam in the education system.
Image source | File photo for representational purpose only
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