The Teachers Service Commission has recently published the results of the open competitive examination conducted at the secondary level general level. Only 12 percent of the candidates have passed the exam. Statistically, this is a very low percentage.
This result has raised a variety of questions about the country's education system. There is a provision to participate in the second phase examination only after getting a minimum of 50 percent marks in the preliminary examination of 100 marks. It has to be said that this is the scientific method of measuring quality. This examination, examination was conducted for the teachers of 14 different subjects to be taught at the secondary level.
This has really become a matter of concern and interest. It has become a topic of debate, not just of concern and interest. The question of what kind of education we are producing has reached a point where we have to think about the education policy and system. The result of the Teachers Service Commission is certainly disappointing. Without seriously considering the overall education system in Nepal, policymakers are no longer happy.
It is said that this result has been taken due to the strictness done during the examination and various other reasons. What is that strictness? What are the other reasons? These questions are even more serious. Was there a weakness in the past? While some have cited lack of interest in the teaching profession or lack of up-to-date preparation of examinees as other reasons, it is not satisfactory.
Although various analyzes have been made from different angles, it is now a fact that the quality of our higher education has been questioned when the lowest percentage of candidates have passed the examination. The rigorous argument in the exam can be called sophistry. It is the duty of the examinee to join the examination with hard work and diligence. Strictness in the examination i.e. preventing irregularities is one of the major measures to maintain the dignity and standard of the examination. Another reason for the decline in results is that the quality of the current education system must be questioned.
Our current education system has been the subject of discussion since the past when only a handful of educated unemployed people are being provided with paper sheets as educational certificates. It is not difficult to draw conclusions about the direction in which the teaching activities of our universities and colleges are heading, given the example that only five percent of the candidates passed the Secondary Level Teaching License Examination in 2076 BS.
Analyzing the province-wise statistics, the result of Madhes province is around 6 percent while the result of any other province is not above 15 percent. From any point of view, this result cannot be considered satisfactory. In the first phase of the examination for the posts of 1,552 teachers, out of more than 32,000 candidates, only 3,888 passed. This statistic shows that the investment made by the province, especially in higher education, is like water in the sand.
It is appropriate to take the present results as an indication of the need for policy and systemic reform in the education system of the country as a whole. Becoming a teacher or taking up the teaching profession is not a common subject in itself, but teachers should take it as a privilege to have the opportunity to play the role of student and guide of the society.
It is a fact that the tendency to take the teaching profession lightly is having an adverse effect on the nation, society, and the teaching profession itself. This approach will make the teaching profession more dignified and attractive. There is no alternative for the government to take appropriate policy to attract capable people. As today's good education is the basis of tomorrow's nation-building, today's serious homework is desirable
