‘Govt to put end to irregularities in school’

“When we try to take strict steps, we get recommendations from different people to spare the erring teachers for one reason or other. At that time we are helpless, and we know that by saving such teachers, we are doing wrong,” he added.

The minister also spoke on various other irregularities afflicting the education system as a whole.

“We have also come across complaints of teachers producing fake medical certificates to get transfer to places of their choice. Some teachers take money for mutual transfers. We will definitely put an end to all these irregularities,” he said.

Stating that harassment of women and student suicides are twin blots on the society, Chudasma chose to link rising cases of suicides among students to education related problems by saying, “When there was burden less education, the incidents related to student suicides were less, and now when the education is burdensome the suicide of students have also gone high. There are two big dark spots in the society — incidents of student suicides and harassment of women.”

“Students should be narrated stories of famous persons who learnt from their failures and succeeded. The biographies of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Swami Vivekanand and others should be narrated to students. This step will definitely work out. Students should be taught that failures are stepping stones to success and one should not be disheartened if he or she fails,” Chudasma added.