Srinagar, Nov 10: Challenging the prevalent conventions of private schooling characterized by swollen class strengths and underpaid teaching staff, veteran educationist Iqbal Ahmad Beg has launched an innovative institutional model at Hyderpora in Srinagar, imposing a strict cap of 30 students per classroom alongside a starting monthly teacher salary of Rs 40,000.
The newly established institution, New Convent Global Girls School, is designed to prioritise individual pupil engagement, educational quality, and educator dignity over commercial mass enrolment. In its introductory phase, the campus will admit students from nursery to Class 3 across single sections, with an overarching institutional policy limiting total campus strength to 390 students through Class 10.
Beg, who brings decades of experience managing large educational institutions in the Valley, revealed that while his newly developed building has the spatial capacity to accommodate up to 4,000 students under high-density classroom setups, he deliberately decided to limit student intake. He noted that crowded classrooms with 50 to 60 students inevitably compromise a teacher’s ability to cater to individual learning curves, leaving struggling students behind.
Addressing what he identified as one of the most pressing structural flaws in the private schooling sector, Beg underscored the necessity of offering competitive remuneration to attract and retain capable educators. By setting an entry salary of Rs 40,000 for faculty, the institution intends to elevate professional standards and restore pedagogical respect to classroom teaching.
The school also integrates an open-office administrative framework, removing conventional bureaucratic barriers and ensuring parents and students enjoy direct, unfettered communication with the chairman, principal, and teaching staff to cultivate an inclusive and supportive educational community.
Published by True Roots Media