Classes 2-5 teachers in a fix over report deadline
The department expects students to be at least 75% competent under set parameters in the subjects by the deadline. The evaluation must cover recognition of all letters and sounds in the alphabet, identification of all letters and vowel signs, writing compound letters and simple sentences using them, counting and reciting numbers from zero to nine in sequence, recognising numbers from 10 to 20, and addition of numbers from zero to four in concrete form.
ZP schoolteacher Santosh Jadhav said, "We just began school and students are still settling in. Sending their performance reports immediately is a tough task. That is why there is a lag in submissions."
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