M M Jasim :
Despite various government efforts, around 1,000 high schools out of 18,425 in the country are ‘performing poorly’, a survey report of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) said.
This ‘self evaluation’ survey was carried out in 18,425 high schools out of 18,598 last year. The report was prepared on the basis of information received from the teachers of the surveyed schools.
Only 1,020 high schools were ranked ‘A’, 9,098 fell in the ‘B’ category, while
another 7,319 under the ‘C’ category. And the rest 957 schools were identified as poor performers.
According to the report available in Dhaka on Thursday, 31 high schools have been graded ‘non-performing’ in overall ranking that considered education environment, school infrastructure, teachers’ competence and students’ performance.
A decision to carry out annual surveys to evaluate the performance of the country’s high schools was taken in 1998.
The DSHE officials said the survey report evaluated the implementation of Education Ministry’s plans and the schools’ success in using a set of new rules and techniques to improve education quality.
They also sought overall evaluation information from the schools based on the new education policy and new approaches to teaching adopted by the ministry.
