Nagaland Education department on poor performance of government schools in HSLC exam

Dimapur, June 3 (EMN): Following the demand to abolish the post of principal director of School Education by the Rising People’s Party (RPP) over the poor performance of government schools in this year’s High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination, the department has issued a clarification on the decline in pass percentage and other issues. Government schools recorded 36.62% pass percentage in the HSLC examination 2022, down from 44.86% in 2021 and the lowest in six years, while 33 schools recorded nil result. While accepting the poor performance of government schools in the HSLC exam, the School Education department stated in a press release that the overall decrease in pass percentage in the state, including private schools due to the pandemic-related issues, as the 2022 batch suffered considerable amount of learning loss when they were in Class 9 in 2020, and then in 2021. It also said the acute shortage of Mathematics and Science teachers could not be addressed despite the efforts made by the department to rationalise teachers, and this was one of the reasons for the decline in pass percentage. It added that issue will be addressed as notification for recruitment of 63 graduate teachers for Maths and 92...

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