3. Will there be any training for the head teachers?
A. We need to establish a contact group so that we can share information and issues with one another. We would like to support a network which will be mutually beneficial for all concerned. Unfortunately, this development has been prevented by the harassment and intimidation for political ends of some schools choosing to affiliate with AKU-EB. To allow its schools to pursue their educational aspirations undisturbed by ill-informed protest, AKU-EB has a current policy of not revealing the identity of its affiliated schools, even to each other. These materials development workshops have proved extremely popular with teachers and increasing numbers of schools, uncertain of the adequacy of their current approach to class IX and X teaching, have asked permission to send teachers for training in the year prior to first registering candidates for AKU-EB examinations. AKU-EB has responded positively to their requests but demand for the heavily subsidized training is now so great that schools pursuing this route are being asked to pay an Rs.8,000 per annum pre-affiliation fee in recognition of the absence of any compensating candidate for income. When head teachers are ready to reveal their affiliation, AKU-EB will bring that kind of mutual support channel into being.
