The Directorate of Education (DoE) ran an analysis on the performance of students in their board exams across all government schools in Delhi. According to the results, it was revealed that the co-educational schools had performed better consistently over the past few years. Also, the general shift schools displayed better results than evening shift schools.
In a notice released recently by the Additional Director of Examinations, Saroj Sain revealed that transformation to general shift and co-ed schools can lead us to better results in the exams and students to teacher ratio can be recovered with this.
The DoE has asked the concerned executives to come up with a detailed plan to make the amends and how to implement this transformation. The deadline given is July 2020.
In an effort to improve the quality of education for students, the government has been working on infrastructure quality. There has been an increment in the number of classrooms and schools. Further, the plan includes opening more co-ed schools.
Co-ed schools have shown better results compared to others
According to the stats, in co-ed schools, the pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class X exam was more than 88%. All-girls schools were at an aggregate of 82% and all-boys schools managed to get 74.8%. That is seen as a significant difference. For Class XII, the difference was not significant, but the overall pass percentage of co-ed schools was the highest, followed by all-girls schools and the all-boys schools.
The principals of the government schools have given their nod in the government’s decision. It is believed that this will enhance participation in various activities as well as in sports.
Schools that run in morning shifts have better availability of teachers. Also, if the students wish to stop after school hours for projects or sports, they have the liberty to do so. Evening shift students need to leave immediately after school is over.
A challenge that DoE feels is that they need to raise awareness and talk to the parents, to convince them to send their children to co-ed schools. Parents of a girl child, especially in Delhi don’t feel safe sending their children to co-ed schools. Thus, more reliable protection and safety measures have to be issued before the transformation.
