Anarchy at schools!

Mamata Banerjee's govt seems to be plagued with populism.The way H.S Council tackled the situation of gheraoing of teachers by the students at Rishi Arabindo Balika Vidyalay at Santoshpore in connection with the results of H.S.Test examination bears out the statement once again.To lift the gheroao that spanned over 22 hrs the council members rushed to the spot the day after reportedly on request from the Headmistress of the school and virtually took sides with the failed students.As a result gherao ended.What they actually did was that they asked the Headmistress to hold examination of the failed candidates again on the plea of some apparent lapses in the tabulation sheet.They also took away the examined answer scripts of the failed students along with the tabulation sheet in sealed cover to council office.This action of the council met with scathing criticism from the academic circles and in other schools too failed candidates started agitation demanding promotion as feared.Finding the situation going out of hands the education minister Bratya Basu intervened and declared it was the prerogative of the schools concerned to decide whom they'd send up for final examination.A few schools, of course,stooped to the pressure of the failed candidates and their guardians but mercifully majority of schools as yet have stood ground and have not succumb to such pressure.However,demand for promotion of unsuccessful candidates are still spreading in different schools and pressure is mounting on the school authorities.What's more,the Council once again requested Rishi Arabindo Balika Vidyalaya to reconsider its decision but school did not change the tally after reconsideration of the result.What's most interesting is our Education minister later eulogized council representatives for their success in lifting 22-hrs gherao at the school.Any way, now School education is paying for the populist move of H.S.Council which has ultimately received the seal of approval from the Education minister Bratya Basu.