The School Education Department has, for the first time, issued a comprehensive timetable for government school teachers. This timetable not only outlines classroom teaching hours but also includes a wide range of administrative and extracurricular responsibilities that teachers must perform alongside their primary duty of education. The idea is to ensure that while teachers remain committed to academic activities, they also contribute to other important campaigns and programs without letting teaching suffer. The department has emphasized that teachers should not be overburdened with non-teaching tasks, and so, a structured plan has been prepared to balance both aspects.
According to the circular, teachers will now devote their time to campaigns like literacy promotion, cleanliness drives in schools, parent-teacher meetings, enrollment awareness, election awareness programs, tree plantation, special observance days like Independence Day, Republic Day, and Ekta Diwas, along with other initiatives. They will also supervise mid-day meal programs, encourage use of libraries, ensure remedial teaching for board exam students of classes 10 and 12, promote digital literacy, and help implement government welfare schemes within schools. By preparing a timetable that integrates all these duties, the state education department aims to bring uniformity across schools and streamline teachers’ roles so that there is clarity in expectations.
Education officials have pointed out that for years, teachers have been pulled into multiple non-academic assignments, which often disrupted classroom teaching. With this initiative, however, the department has given a clear structure that will not only reduce unnecessary pressure but also safeguard the importance of academics. The timetable will also help school administrators monitor the implementation of such programs more effectively. Teachers across the state will now work within a uniform framework that balances both their teaching load and their involvement in community-oriented campaigns, thus ensuring that students’ education remains the central priority while also fulfilling the state’s social and developmental objectives.
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