Education Minister’s proposal of bringing about two important reforms in School Education Department is welcome though belated. He wants to give due importance to recruitment of teachers in the School Education Department with proficiency in the subjects of Science and Mathematics. This is indicative of a realization on the part of the Government that there is great need of shifting the focus of education of our future generations on science and technology for which basic knowledge at school level is crucial. The decision of the Minister has to be evaluated in the background of non availability of science and mathematics teachers in rural schools of the State. By focusing on the two subjects and making recruitment of teachers subject to 30 per cent reservation for science and mathematics teachers is a big boost to popularizing these two subjects among the student community.
The second important and very sensible reform is to fix graduation with B.Ed as the minimum qualification for recruitment as a teacher in the School Education Department. It has been found that existing minimum qualification of 10+2 is not sound enough to deliver the goods and in an age of cutthroat competition, our students should have quality teaching facilities. But this decision would mean that the Government shall have to make available a large number of B. Ed colleges which can churn out trained graduates. With these reforms the Government is planning to advertise about 3000 vacancies of teaches but they have to be graduates with B.Ed. It also means that the Government may ease existing rules of granting recognition to a B. Ed. college opened in private sector.
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