Improve standard of school education in Pondy: Lt Governor

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Press Trust of India
Last Updated : Oct 11 2019 | 5:15 PM IST

Voicing concern over 'poor quality of state of affairs in school education in Puducherry,' its Lt Governor Kiran Bedi Friday rolled out measures to improve the standard of education for which she conveneda review meeting with officials of the directorate of education.

The former IPS officer said in a whatsapp message at the end of the review meeting to mediapersons that she had sent warnings last year to the directorate of education based on her personal visits to schools where 'deficiencies were visible.'
She said school children were 'found to be suffering from poor teaching in many areas of learning, particularly mathematics and languages.'

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First Published: Oct 11 2019 | 5:15 PM IST

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