DSEK warns private schools against terminating staff, withholding salaries during lockdown



BY IMRAN WANI


Srinagar, Aug 8 (GNS): Authorities on Saturday warned all unaided private schools of “strict action” including de-recognition in case they terminate or withheld salaries of staff during the ongoing lookdown over covid-19 pandemic in Kashmir Valley. 

 

“It is impressed upon all the unaided recognised Private Schools of Kashmir Division to adhere with the instructions of providing un-interrupted salaries to the staff in the school during lockdown period in lieu of COVID-19 pandemic in letter and spirit. In case any violation/non-seriousness strict action shall be initiated against the particular school in terms of relevant provisions of Law which includes de-ecognition thereof without further intimation,” reads a circular issued by the Director School Education Kashmir, a copy of which lies with GNS. 


The Director issued the circular amid complaints from the Staff of recognised unaided Private Schools regarding either termination of services or non-payment of salaries despite clear cut orders from the government that the tuition fee-only be charged from the student's during the lockdown period in lieu of COVID-19 pandemic facilitating the private schools to meet the expenditure of the salaries of the staff there.


“Few schools were called to attend this office to redress the grievances of staff in lieu of non-payment of salaries or termination thereof during lock down period and they agreed to continue with their services and subsequent drawal of salaries thereof,” the Director added. (GNS)


ENGLISH

AIMS

To enable students to:

1. Develop the ability to use English effectively for the purpose of practical communication in a

variety of second language situations where applicable;

2. Form a sound base for the skills required for further study or employment using English as the

medium;

3. Develop an awareness of the nature of language and language- learning skills along with a more

general application (e.g., interfacing, analysing, synthesizing material);

4. Encourage students to enjoy and appreciate the variety of language;

5. Enable students to understand and respond appropriately to what they hear, read and experience.

DOMAINS:

1. Reading/writing

2. Usage

3. Speaking

4. Listening.

Reading / Writing:

Only a few tasks shall be set to test the reading skill. The skills of reading and writing shall be

tested in an integrated manner to reflect the way in which language is actually used. This is to allow

writing tasks to be stimulated by authentic reading texts rather than seeing the two activities as diverse

elements.

However, a few tasks may be set to test the reading skill exclusively.

1. Reading

All the students should be able to:

(i) Demonstrate understanding of words/ phrases within short texts;

(ii) Scan for and extract specific information from texts (At least from texts of textbooks prescribed);

(iii) Organize the relevant information and present it in a logical manner/ given format.

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2. Writing

All the students should be able to:

(i) Carry out simple writing texts, such as writing as essay, short letters, short stories, paragraphs,

paraphrase, summaries in an appropriate form in response to a written- stimulus;

(ii) Demonstrate the ability to describe, report or give information;

(iii) Identify, organize and present given material in a particular form;

3. Usage

This domain will test candidate’s knowledge of the structure of English. It will lay emphasis on

accuracy and ability to use the grammatical rules of the language correctly. This domain will be tested,

to a varying degree throughout the paper.

Students should be able to:

(i) Exercise care over punctuation and spelling, write in accurate simple sentences, attempt a

variety of sentence structures.

(ii) Recognize the need for paragraphing.

(iii) Use an appropriate vocabulary.

Speaking/ Listening

(Oral/aural communication)

All students should be able to:

(i) Understand and convey simple and detailed information.

(ii) Present facts, ideas or opinions in an orderly sequence.

(iii) Make relevant comments on what is heard, seen or read.

(iv) Describe experience(s) in simple and express intelligibly what is thought or imagined.

(v) Respond appropriately in a particular situation.

(vi) Speak audibly with appropriate tone, intonation and pace.

Note: The oral/ aural communication skills will be tested by the school under the Scheme of Continuous and

Comprehensive Evaluation. Oral interviews will be used to test the skills.