AGARTALA, Oct 15 (TIWN): Before 6 years in 2010 when United Nations decided to mark the importance of India’s former President and great scientist APJ Abdul Kalam and declared his birthday as ‘World Students Day’. But whereas the whole world is celebrating his birth anniversary as ‘World Students’ Day’, Tripura Education system has gone to its worst shape, due to too much business and political interference in it. Although Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar is happy with his claimed “Highest Literacy Rate” in Tripura among all the states of India, but Tripura’s pathetic education set up is increasing the unemployment rate in state, who after passing out fail to manage a job outside the state & inside the state. Tripura’s Education system was challenged many times, when massive scams unearthed for multiple times.1) CM-CS book scam, 2) 10,323 teacher-recruitment scam, the latest 3) Mid-day-meal scams has hit the education system. Tripura Education Dept. has once again disappointed the people, with Class-12 and Madhyamik’s poor result for the academic session 2015-16.

According to the reports, In ADC area the pass rate is 58.47 % whereas in last year it was 66.40 %. Whereas on the one hand central govt. is expecting that every state’s students are being provided with Quality Education on the other hand the ‘Quality Education’ is a distant dream for the student of Tripura rural schools.  

Tripura’s maximum rural area based schools are suffering due to lack of teachers, insufficient infrastructure, poor mid-day-meal and above all---- studies in those schools are for name-sake.

The highest literacy rated state Tripura’s pathetic condition in Education system has put a question mark about the real utilization of ‘Right To Education’ in all over the country.

The science result scam for 2015-16 created mass anger among the students, guardian levels of the state. Although Central Govt. under its 100 % scholarship project has opened golden chance for any number of selected students for Higher Education, but Tripura Govt. out of 3000 students have only selected 348 students for B.SC nursing scholarship for 2016. However, calculation of selection procedure is not so easy, but it was fully controlled by few brokers, who select who will study and in which college the selected students will study. Last year also same thing happened when a huge number of students led by Minister Bijita Nath reached out to Fake colleges, creating chaos & huge resentment at guardian level. Tripura Chief Minister’s ‘clean’ image has been sprayed with dirt when opposition party disclosed how Tripura SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority Welfare Dept is spoiling the future of Tripura’s bright students under massive corruptions.

However, after TMC raised voice against this issue, Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha cancelled all the students admission for the year & did their admission in state run Colleges.

In an utter shock to Tripura Govt, SC issued stay order on NEET students admission in AGMC.

High Court on Oct 29  cancelled NEET 12 students admission in AGMC, and asked to select 12 students who passed in Tripura Joint entrance.  HC also announced fresh 12 students’ name for the admission for 2016.

 Then Who can forget about the mid-day-meal scams held under Manik Sarkar’sregime? State Education Dept’s direct involvement into mid-day-meal scams was proven, when the state govt. sent a vague report about various Agartala based schools to sanction more funds. From 2010-2015, Tripura Govt. spent 336 crore’s of central funds. After that BJP exposed about Govt’s publishing of a wrong report with vague number of students, taking data from the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWPB) for 2014-15.

In a press meet, in July month, BJP said that whereas the number of students were 3,36,400 in the annual report it was shown as 3,44,265 with at least 7856 students more than the actual number of students. In total there are 18 % decrease of students admission under Mid-day meal scheme was reported by BJP on that time.

 Apart from BJP allegation, there are also reports of wastage of food grains in state. Food inspector reportedly didn’t collect 471.233 metric ton of food from the go-downs and there are reports of 42.08 metric ton food grain’s wastage in 71 schools.  147 schools have been alleged for irregular supply of mid day meals to students.

 Surprisingly from Agartala’s renowned schools like Netaji Subhash Vidyaniketan, Tulsibati and Umakanta School allegation raised for sending vague reports to the Central with maximum number of students under mid-day-meal, whereas a less number of students in actual take mid-day-meal there.

 Recently the de-worming tablet scam has hit all levels of guardians, where more than 500 students became sick at a glance, after they took de-worming tablets. Tripura Govt. however, explained the issue with a press release that the medicines were not expired, but it’s natural that after de-worming tablets children may fall sick.

 Statewide violation of RTE is going on from basic facility to book supply. But under the lameduck Education Minister, all corruptions & negligence have remained unchecked. The Social Welfare Minister Bijita Nath also has no concern about the increasing Mid-Day-Scams in various Anganwadi Centres.