KOLKATA: The state government is trying to develop a mechanism to monitor the functioning of the private schools, education minister Partha Chatterjee said in the assembly on Monday. The minister also said the government noticed there are irregularities in the functioning of the private schools and the government is determined to streamline these schools.In a reply to a question by the opposition leader Abdul Mannan, Chatterjee said many private schools are being operated on the basis of the central affiliation only and they are not obtaining a no-objection certificate from the state education department . In some cases it was found that the licences for running the schools have been issued against one person but are being run by someone else. The government will not allow these private schools to run without the proper no-objection certificate.It may be mentioned that state government has already taken a tough stand against some private schools for their arbitrary fee hike. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee also held a meeting with senior officials of the private schools in the state in June 2017, urging them to consider their hefty fee structure.The minister also said the drop out rate in government schools in the state has improved and the government is designing a mechanism so that the teacher-student ratio in the state-run schools can be rationalised."In some schools there are more teachers than required where many schools are suffering due to lack of teachers. We are working on a system where excess teachers can be better utilised. If needed, we will recruit more," Chatterjee added.

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