Govt warns teachers shirking exam duties

KOLKATA: The state government has issued a directive, warning teachers that refusal to examine Madhyamik and Higher Secondary answer scripts or to invigilate during the exams will lead to penal action.

“It is disheartening to find teachers reluctant to check answer scripts. The deadline set for examiners is often violated as answer scripts and submitted late. This hinders in collating marks. This, in turn, delays publication of results of time,” said a senior official of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

He added, “The problem arises when sometimes examiners lose answer scripts. Their callousness takes a toll on examinees. Though there is a provision for taking action against them, it takes a long time. The circular has been distributed to ensure that teachers take their jobs more seriously.”

The circular issued on February 8 says since the government has noticed apathy among teachers in discharging their duties as invigilators or as examiners and scrutinizers in Madhyamik, HS and annual examination of Class XI, the government is strictly instructing teachers to perform duties as and when assigned by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

“We have directed that in case of any refusal, complaints can be lodged with the director of school education and the WBBSE president who will take action against teachers as per rules,” said a senior school education department official.

The headmaster of Ballygunge Government School, Rupak Homray, said: “There is no reason why an examiner should falter in submitting answer scripts on time. Earlier, there were problems when sessions in schools would get over during the same time when Madhyamik and HS examinations were held. Time constraint forced examiners to delay submitting answer scripts. Now, the examination schedule is different. However, there still remains a problem but mostly it is out of their callousness.”

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