Home visits by teachers to get more admissions in govt schools

The new session will begin from April 1 in schools and a campaign is on in government schools to increase students' strength.

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The teachers are trying their best to attract students to schools. Messages are also being circulated through social media and teachers are extensively making the use of social media apps to reach out to students.

They are going door to door and village panchayats have also been roped in for this purpose. Sohan Lal, a government teacher from Government Primary School, Mandala, said they had been going door to door to talk to people and are also keeping in contact with sarpanchs.

"They help us getting the maximum admission for schools. Right now, we have 80 students in our school and we are expecting a good increase in the strength in the coming session," Sohan Lal said.

A Parent-Teacher Meeting along with the graduation ceremony was organised in Government Primary School, Mandala.

"Our school result is very good and village sarpanch was also there at the school who appreciated the efforts by the school for students," the teacher of Government School, Mandala, said.

A government school teacher from Balachaur of Nawanshahr said home visits by the school staff was being done. "We are making huge promises with the parents," the teacher said. Coming up of private schools in small towns are creating hindrances for government schools to attract admissions.

"Parents want to admit their wards in these newly opened private schools that also provide transportation. It is continuously becoming a status symbol which is creating problems for government schools," a teacher from Jalandhar said.

Another teacher from Shahkot, whose school had got affected during the 2023 floods, said the toilets that were damaged then were still in the same condition. "I know that students will go from the school and will get admissions in another school because of the bad infrastructure," he said, adding that students were preferring private schools.