AISA protests 75% attendance cap for exam form submission
The All India Students Association (AISA) on Monday registered its opposition to the state government’s decision to make 75 per cent attendance mandatory for filling out examination forms in 10+2 (senior secondary) schools in Jharkhand. State vice president of AISA, Vijay Kumar, said that teachers were engaged in voter survey work as BLOs. (HT File/Representative use) AISA’s state co-secretary, Sanjana Mehta, while protesting the 2022 decision taken under the National Education Policy, 2020, said that achieving such a high attendance percentage is only possible when all sanctioned teaching positions are filled and adequate educational resources are available. “Regular student attendance is only possible when all sanctioned teaching positions in schools are filled, and adequate educational resources are available. However, the reality is that approximately 65 per cent of the sanctioned teaching positions in 10+2 schools across Jharkhand are vacant. The imbalance in the number and location of schools is also a major problem, forcing many students to travel 40-50 kilometres to attend school. Lack of transportation facilities, financial constraints, the compulsion to engage in farming …