West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

244It emerges from the above table that while the highest PTR inprimary schools visited under Murshidabad district exceeded thenormal PTR of 40:1. The average PTR and the lowest PTR werewell below normal.The average PTR in the Primary Schools in South 24 Parganasexceeded the normal PTR by about 19 students against I teacher.However, highestPTR of 242.5:1 was alarmingly high. In fact agood number of Primacy Schools in South 24 Parganas were havingPTR ranged between 93:1 to 165.67:1, besides 242.5:1. This aspectneeds much closer monitoring by the authorities concerned for theimprovement of the situation.15.21 Teacher Attendance :During visit of schools it was noticed that a good percentageof teachers in a large number of Schools remained absent on thedays of visits. The average absentees in Murshidabad district was12 per cent and in South 24 Parganas was more than 5 per cent.During discussion, many of the teachers including teacher incharge reported that their services were being utilized also fornon-academic purposes like census, preparation of voters list,election duty pulse polio programme etc. resulting in loss tostudies so far as students are concerned.15.22 Teacher Training :More than 78 per cent teachers, of the 56 schools visitedreceived training under various Camps (including CLRCs, highschools etc.), organized by SSM and Education Department of WestBengal on different subjects /fields since 2005-06.