Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- : The West Bengal government is considering linking teachers' annual salary increments and promotions in primary schools to students' learning outcomes from the next academic year, School Education Minister Deepak Barman said on Thursday.
Addressing a meeting on administrative, infrastructural and academic issues at the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Barman said teachers would be held accountable for the progress of students assigned to them and would have to explain why they deserved a salary increment if their students failed to show adequate improvement.
The meeting was attended by chairpersons of primary education councils from 21 districts, the presidents of the primary and secondary education ...