Dear Editor,
A STUDENT is a learner, a learner who is assiduous. Teachers are persons who help others acquire knowledge, competence and good proficiency.  Teachers play an important part in a child’s life, but when teachers display disdain to students’ concerns, students are triggered to seek professional help from the public and higher authorities in the system.
This has been an ongoing issue at Tagore Memorial Secondary School, which is located at No 63 Village in Region Six of Guyana. Students are being victimised over an incident which occurred in the previous year. You may ask, “Do teachers victimise students?” And unfortunately the answer is yes. In this modern era, students are being victimised and not one action is taken against this issue in Tagore.
In the Science Department of the above-named school, students have had their SBA books being marked with prejudice and bias. Students have had what teacher had requested, but yet to ensure that students gain undeserved marks, the marking schemes have been fabricated and modified with equal and unbiased indifference. Why? It was done in order to ensure that students produce bad grades and rumours to spread that a certain teacher is the best and the only person on Earth capable of teaching tough subjects.
You may ask ,“Why have you not lodged a complaint to the head teacher?” Head teacher?  Which head teacher deals with a dispute ethically? Students have a stance, but are not allowed to voice their opinions, but rather are forced to be submissive. Teachers also have stances. Head teachers should therefore have reconciliation with compromise. They should not be haughty, impetuous, incompetent, perfidious and rancorous.
Students have consequently tried to articulate on this issue to this great head teacher of the above-named school, but no action has yet been taken. When students go to their offices to query the matter, they are chased out of the office and given deceitful hopes.
How will students gain a feeling of identity in this organisation? If that is the treatment students get from head teachers, then the HM of the above-named school is not worthy of such position and should be immediately discredited. Several teachers have been concerned about this unethical practice against students and they are even being discriminated against when they use their freedom of speech.
Students aspire to be doctors, humanitarians and what not. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And that single step is to gain good grades in order to be what they aspire to be. Imagine these students ending world hunger and even saving millions of lives in various ways. Consequently, these desires have been suppressed by the HOD of Science and the teachers among others. Even some who are thirsty for being called ‘the greatest’, ‘the most intelligent’ and God knows what!
Moderators were the only hope for these unfortunate students who have been robbed of their aspirations. Moderators are assigned to be equitable. They are given that status to ensure that every student gets what he or she fully deserves, but not of recent. Students are told they are not allowed to speak to moderators to express their concerns and open up on the causes of the situation. Why were students from the previous batches allowed to? It has only been unfortunate for this batch.
Moderators are fallaciously convinced to mark using marking schemes students have never seen and which were altered. Who should students plead to? It is a matter of not one, but several students’ future. I, remaining anonymous,would like to request (on behalf of the victims), the Ministry of Education and capable persons of the general public to step into this crucial issue as soon as possible.
One last note — it was a well-planned mission which is almost completed.
Regards,
Concerned student