On Monday, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee announced that the West Bengal government has decided to treat class 5 as a primary class and from now on will be considered under the primary level.
Following the announcement of the CM Mamata Banerjee regarding the same, a meeting of the education department was held and it was decided to set up required infrastructure in the schools so that they can be brought under the primary level.
"Rooms for class 5 are already there in integrated schools (those having both primary and secondary sections). In one year, we will have lots of time for the creation of rooms in other institutions which don't have similar facilities," the minister said.
On January 14, the CM had announced two strategies to tackle the shortage of teachers in the state-run school. One was to bring class 5 under the primary level and the second was to hire graduates as interns in primary and secondary schools.
Asked about recruiting graduates as interns, Mr Chatterjee said, "This is not recruitment. Interns are not recruited. We are evaluating the whole situation in different institutions and mulling over the scope to get interns."
On the issue of pass-fail at classes five and eight, Mr Chatterjee said, "We are not against the pass-fail system. But it has to be seen that those who have failed should not be driven out of schools but instead are allowed to attend special classes."
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Education In West Bengal
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