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School Preference: Topics

All about class composition
When asked about the number of composition they make the learners write during a year, all the teachers indicated a number ranging from 12 to 17, 98% of the teachers do not select the topics themselves, the topics are selected by the district school board, which decides the topics for the schools in each district. Only about 2% of the teachers could select the topics of their choice.  Table 3 gives details of the same topics mentioned by the teachers.  Teachers were asked to mention only five sample topics, out of the 12 to 17, which their pupils write about.

Table 3 shows a list of topics chosen to be mentioned by the teachers.  When the information was cross checked by interviews, some of the topics like – ‘The  Postman’, ‘A visit to a Zoo’, ‘My Village’ – and letter writing, were commonly assigned to the learners by all the teachers.  But some of the topics like, Summer season, Megh Thandav (cyclonic rain) and rising prices were assigned by teachers of Kheda district only.  In the interview teachers stated that they could undertake some more assignments if they wanted.  When asked what type of topics they choose, they said that they choose topics similar to the ones suggested by the school board.

Table Three

Teacher’s Questionnaire: Composition Topics Assigned in Schools