Kakinada, April 9:  The decision of the Central Board of secondary education (CBSE) to close down its training center here – ` the center of excellence for teachers’ (COE) with effect from 30 June 2021 has been resented by social activist Mrs. L Seshukumari who is also the Co-convenor of INTACH Andhra Pradesh Chapter.
Expressing her anguish and serious concern over the decision, Seshukumari told media persons here on Friday that the CBSE center of excellence for teachers was opened at this port city on 23 February 2014 and proved its worthiness by conducting 20 classes every month for a batch of 50 teachers from both the Telugu speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
`Thus every month 1,000 teachers standard was being raised by the inputs in teaching given by the center.
The reason given by the authorities for winding up the center was flimsy that there is no Air connectivity for Delhi officers to travel to Kakinada. It shows that whatever the previous Government did for the benefit of the people of Kakinada, the present government was bent upon destroying totally.
Even in the case of JNTUK also the present government did the same. The All India level training facilities for teaching staff created here by way of sanctioning a center by the then HRD Minister Dr. M. M.Pallamraju for uplifting the standards of education, could not be sustained.
It is a known fact that our Indian universities are nowhere compared to the world standards in education.
Sheer short-sightedness is ruling the roost in our education system’, she lamented and appealed to the people at the helm of affairs in the Central education department to intervene and stall the closure and shifting the CBSE Centre of excellence for teachers to Bangalore. (UNI)