"Courses in all the subjects, apart from English, are only half complete," said Jharana Pun, a tenth grader at Suryodaya High School. "This has left me deeply worried about how to prepare for the exam which is just six weeks away."
Similar is the plight of Ram Maya Khadka, a tenth grader of Deependra High School in Sakala VDC. "How could the school expect us to do well in SLC when all the courses remain incomplete? We don't know what to do," she added.
Students of all the 65 community schools of the district share the same concerns.
Fear of swine flu outbreak and the devastating earthquake of last April have always been teachers' excuse for postponing studies, according to the parents.
Likewise, schools in the northern part of the district remained closed for two months during the harvesting season of yarsagumba.
"Teachers have failed to perform their job diligently citing various reasons. And students are the ones who have to suffer due to their negligence," said Mitra Ganesh Shrestha, a parent from Khalanga. "Although the future of children is at stake, the District Education Office has failed to take any action against those at fault," he added.
School principals have promised to complete the remaining course by running extra classes. "We have not been able to complete the courses due to various programs and public holidays. Now our focus will be to complete the remaining course at the earliest through extra classes," said Heramba Bahadur Shah, principal of Tribhuvan Higher Secondary School.
District Education Officer Bishnu Narayan Shrestha acknowledged that schools have failed to complete their courses giving various reasons. Shrestha added that the salaries of the teachers failing to complete their courses have been cut.
He also urged schools to complete their remaining courses in one-and-a-half months. The SLC examination this year is scheduled to start from March 31.
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