Punjab govt to transfer school principals with less than 20% result
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 16
Following a poor show by government schools in Class 12 examinations, Punjab Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Tuesday said principals of the schools where less than 20 per cent of students could pass the examination would be transferred.
An official spokesperson of the department said there were 62 such schools where overall pass percentage was less than 20.
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“Education minister has decided to act tough and crack the whip on principals and teachers with poor showing in the recently declared Class 12th results.
“Apart from action against the principals, those teachers who have subject wise shown less than 20 per cent result would also face departmental action”, said the spokesperson.
He also said authorities of 122 schools, which have registered overall pass percentage of 90, would be awarded appreciation letters by the minister.
Of the total 3.14 lakh students, only 1.96 lakh could clear the examinations this year.
The pass percentage also slipped to 62 as compared to over 76 during the last two academic years. In case of government schools, overall percentage is 61.90, which is lower than overall average of 62.36.
