<i>Tale of 5 worst girls' schools</i>
Authorities of five girls' schools of the district have received show cause notice from Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Dinajpur, as less than five students passed from each of the institutions.
The schools are -- Palashbari Girls' High School, Gourgram Nizpara Girls' High School, Jadurhat Girls' School, Balapara Gabrol Kachhari Girls School and Dakkhin Sonakhuli Girls High School.
In the notice served a few days ago, the board authorities directed the headmasters concerned to send reply to the show cause notice within 15 days of receiving it.
If the reply is not satisfactory, the board authority might cancel the academic permission and also the monthly payment order of the school, said the notice.
As per education board's rule, a school is to face show cause notice if at least five students do not pass in the SSC examinations in a year.
Each of the five schools has nine to thirteen teachers, six to fifteen students appeared in this year's SSC examinations but only one to four students were able to pass this year.
There are eleven teachers in Palashbari Girls' High School in Nilphamari Sadar upazila but only four of the 13 SSC examinees passed.
Uttom Kumar Roy, headmaster of the school, however, said in a tone of satisfaction, "The success rate of my school is 31 percent as four of the 13 candidates passed."
The show cause recipient headmasters said they would send reply to the board's notice duly and pledge to the authorities to improve results in the next SSC examinations.
Asked why the result debacle occurred in girls' schools only, the headmasters said that the girl students of backward rural areas could not cope with the new situation of the examination venue in district and upazila towns.
Many girl students of remote areas, who were married off earlier, appeared in the SSC examinations without adequate preparation, said Nilphamari District Education Officer Roksana Begum.
About 16 thousand candidates from the district appeared in this year's SSC examinations and 70% of them passed.
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