Aswathy Varghese

Comparison of Costs-aided and unaided schools

CURRICULAR DOMAIN

In Kerala there are many schools. The schools are of two types, aided and unaided schools. The aided schools are those which are running under the control of Government. The unaided schools are those schools which are running under the control of the management. The salary of the staffs, strength of students, no. of divisions etc are strictly controlled by the Government in aided schools. Only the properly qualified teachers are admitted in these schools. The strength of the students are noticed in every year by DEO. The Kerala Government’s motto is that the children under the age of fourteen must have basic education. It is strictly obeyed by the aided schools. 80% of students will promoted to next class in every year. In aided schools, the manager has no considerable role.

In the unaided schools, the staffs are selected by the manager and other authorities. The staffs kneed not be properly qualified. Their salaries depend on the strength of student. The student’s donation and other fees are go to the teachers as their salaries.


ISSUE DOMAIN

In the aided schools the costs are carried by the Government, but in the unaided schools the costs are collected from the students. Even for small children, the parent must pay a huge amount for their admission in unaided schools. There are a no. of costs in these schools such as teacher’s salaries, school maintenance work, student’s feeding, their text books etc.


DICOURCE DOMAIN


For my second practicum ‘Comparison of Costs-aided and unaided schools’, I visit two schools one is aided and other is unaided in my local area. The aided school is St. Joseph’s G.H.S. Mundakayam, My own school, and the unaided school is S.N.Public School Mundakayam.

Firstly I made an interview with the aided school’s Headmidress Sr: Rose Vergenia. According to her the Government is the runner of the school. The school strictly obeys the rules and regulations of education department. She said that the Government pay 5 rupees and 50 paisa for every students in the school. It is used for the student’s feeding, text books and maintenance works. But it is not enough for all the works. The over costs are collected from P.T.A. of the schools. The teacher’s salaries are given by the Government. Almost all teachers are permanent staffs. There is no chance for creating more divisions, even the strength is high. But if the strength is low, there may happening division fall. But this school has no fear of division fall. There is refreshing courses for teachers done by DIAT, BRC etc. These costs are also paid by the Government.

Secondly I visit the unaided school’s manager Mr.: K.N. Somarajan. According to him, the management has the control of the school. The costs are collected from the students as their donation, monthly fees, tuition fees etc. the teachers are committed because they are not all most permanent. Their permanency depends on the teaching. The strength of the students depends on the teaching. He said that the school has many costs. The maintainanance work is the important cost.

During schools visit, I got an idea about the costs of unaided and aided schools. The costs are paid by the Government and P.T.A. in the aided schools, but it is paid by the students in the unaided schools. The unaided schools have more costs than the aided schools because it’s neatness, privileges, size of class rooms, committed teachers etc. are