PLEEBO, Maryland County – The District Schooling Officer (DEO) of Pleebo Faculty District, Mr. Melvin Krayee, has clarified the suspension of operations on the New Pleebo Extension Elementary and Junior Excessive Faculty, citing low pupil enrollment in comparison with the excessive variety of government-paid lecturers.
By: Peter P. Toe, Jr., contributing author
Mr. Krayee, lately assigned as DEO below the Unity Social gathering-led authorities, acknowledged that the choice is a part of efforts to enhance effectivity and accountability within the schooling sector.
He defined that, regardless of rising pupil populations in excessive faculties throughout the district, many of those faculties function with restricted lecturers. In distinction, the New Pleebo Extension Elementary and Junior Excessive Faculty has far fewer college students however a disproportionately excessive variety of lecturers.
Based on Mr. Krayee, the Pleebo Faculty District has 51 faculties below his supervision. Of those, the New Pleebo Extension Elementary and Junior Excessive Faculty is the one one with such a low enrollment however a big instructing workers.
“There are 57 college students in that faculty, from elementary to junior excessive, however 16 certified government-paid lecturers are assigned there,” he stated.
“In the meantime, Pleebo Excessive Faculty has over 1,500 college students with simply 12 government-paid lecturers and plenty of volunteers. This imbalance is unacceptable and quantities to exploiting the system.”
In consequence, Mr. Krayee has introduced the fast suspension of all actions on the New Pleebo Extension Faculty. Lecturers assigned to the college will likely be reassigned to establishments with larger wants, together with Pleebo Excessive Faculty, New Pleebo Excessive Faculty, and Sodoken Central Excessive Faculty. He famous that New Pleebo Excessive Faculty, for example, presently has no English teacher, and the reassignment will assist tackle such gaps.
Mr. Krayee additional revealed that his workplace has formally advisable the everlasting closure of the college to the Ministry of Schooling by way of the County Schooling Officer. Whereas awaiting a response, all faculty actions will stay suspended, and the lecturers will likely be redeployed.
Relating to college students already enrolled for the following educational 12 months, Mr. Krayee stated they are going to be accommodated at different extension excessive faculties throughout the district, together with Pleebo Extension Excessive Faculty and Sodoken Central Extension Faculty.
He additionally criticized some lecturers for working at non-public faculties in the course of the day and utilizing the New Pleebo Extension Faculty as a spot of “relaxation” at evening regardless of low or no pupil attendance.
“A number of unannounced visits to the college at evening revealed that no college students have been current, and lecturers have been usually too drained to show,” he disclosed.
“The varsity administration has repeatedly submitted false studies claiming over 100 college students, however our investigation confirmed the actual figures.”
Mr. Krayee emphasised that the reshuffling of lecturers is meant to strengthen faculties which are battling workers shortages and to make sure the federal government’s schooling assets are used successfully.
