Teacher felicitated for outstanding services
Recognising her sincere contribution towards improving the student enrolment from 14 to 53 in a single-teacher school at J.M. Thanda of Pathikonda mandal in Kurnool district, where Ms. Kalyani joined in 2017, Mr. Lokesh praised the former and said teachers like her would help the government achieve its goal of strengthening the public education system.
The Minister informed that when Ms. Kalyani joined the school, only two of the 14 enrolled students were attending classes regularly, resulting in the authorities concerned to consider closing the school. However, she invested personal interest and also funds to provide study materials, encouraging the students to pursue education.
He said that her efforts bore fruits and the student strength rose to 53 by 2020-21 academic year. Of them, 23 students qualified for Gurukul schools and one secured admission in Navodaya. The school currently has 43 students.
Sharing her experience, Ms. Kalyani said that even while doing her bit to improve the students' performance, she explained to their parents that quality education is possible in government schools and introduced initiatives like 'Star of the Week', rewarding students every Monday based on parameters like homework, attendance, discipline, prayer, handwriting, hygiene and uniform. To emphasise on personal hygiene, she gifted soaps to the students on their birthdays.
Appreciating the government initiative of conducting mega parent-teacher meetings, she said appointing one more teacher in single-teacher schools would help improve outcomes. Taking note of her suggestion, the Minister informed that efforts were on to improve standards in the 9,600 single-teacher schools in the State.
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