One of the things that was very heartwarming at the Accolades day celebration was the felicitation of staff who had taught at the school for many years, and who were clearly very popular with the students.
However....
Dinesh Jain wrote in to raise the issue that the School also loses staff due to a variety of reasons... One, of course, being remuneration. It would be good to have an open and frank discussion on this, so I would like to request those of you who do read the blog to make sure that this post gets some wider visibility, and more varied response-
Is the School adequately staffed, or are there teachers who need to take 7 lectures a day. Especially if this includes senior classes, it would be very stressful...As we all know, the School relies heavily on volunteers for carrying out some of the duties that teachers would perform in other schools. While this brings in a very welcome sense of parent participation, there is also a point of view that feels that this "compromises the quality of teaching, as well as continuity as volunteers may leave mid term".
I had a discussion with Mr Bhalla last week on some of the issues that have been raised so far. About the falling standards that some parents have drawn attention to, from what I could see and the statistics that are there, MIS is not doing badly... A fair proportion of students get into the IITs and the top Universities, at least compared to other Schools in the area. The number of students we have graduating each year is about 150, and if 10 get into IIT or the Law Schools, then the per-student performance is actually better than in most schools.
That said, there is reason for concern. Competition is constantly increasing, and resting on the laurels of earlier times is not going to get us anywhere... But it would be good to have some hard numbers. Can anyone help in this regard? What has the actual performance of the School been in the past few years? On an absolute scale, or even relative to itself.
I'll be happy to put up the facts here for all to see-
However....
Dinesh Jain wrote in to raise the issue that the School also loses staff due to a variety of reasons... One, of course, being remuneration. It would be good to have an open and frank discussion on this, so I would like to request those of you who do read the blog to make sure that this post gets some wider visibility, and more varied response-
Is the School adequately staffed, or are there teachers who need to take 7 lectures a day. Especially if this includes senior classes, it would be very stressful...As we all know, the School relies heavily on volunteers for carrying out some of the duties that teachers would perform in other schools. While this brings in a very welcome sense of parent participation, there is also a point of view that feels that this "compromises the quality of teaching, as well as continuity as volunteers may leave mid term".
I had a discussion with Mr Bhalla last week on some of the issues that have been raised so far. About the falling standards that some parents have drawn attention to, from what I could see and the statistics that are there, MIS is not doing badly... A fair proportion of students get into the IITs and the top Universities, at least compared to other Schools in the area. The number of students we have graduating each year is about 150, and if 10 get into IIT or the Law Schools, then the per-student performance is actually better than in most schools.
That said, there is reason for concern. Competition is constantly increasing, and resting on the laurels of earlier times is not going to get us anywhere... But it would be good to have some hard numbers. Can anyone help in this regard? What has the actual performance of the School been in the past few years? On an absolute scale, or even relative to itself.
I'll be happy to put up the facts here for all to see-
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