Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jan 31: With a view to further improve result of SSLC examination being held during March this year, Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat (ZP) has written to Muslim priests seeking their support for improving SSLC result in the district.

These letters dated January 19 contain joint signatures of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat chief executive officer, Dr M R Ravi, and chairman of education and health standing committee, Shahul Hameed. The letter mentions that the purpose of writing this letter was to ensure that no child lags behind in education, an aim that is backed by the principle of social responsibility.

Dr M R Ravi

"During the previous academic year, 41.87 percent Muslim students had failed in SSLC examination. Out of 8.860 who appeared for the examination, 2,212 could not clear it. This figure is made up of 1,348 male and 864 female students. This situation has given rise to apprehension. Towards improving this result, the department of public instruction has been striving. The department also is in need of the support of the community. Being religious and moral guides for the Muslim community, we request you to advise the parents and students of the institutions with which you have link, to put in efforts to clear the examination. The community should be made aware of the importance of clearing the examination by making a mention about it especially during discourses on Friday. At the same time, we request you to postpone other religious and social programmes if any to days falling after the conclusion of SSLC examination," the letter requests.

Dr M R Ravi, said that these letters were addressed in the backdrop of poor results being recorded by Muslim children in SSLC examination, and with the noble purpose of improving the same.