APPSC DyEO case studies
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The Deputy Educational Officer (DyEO) recruitment examination is conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission to select officers for the state school education department. A DyEO works at the mandal or divisional level, monitoring schools, supervising teachers and headmasters, checking records and enrolment data, coordinating schemes such as mid-day meals and textbook distribution, and supporting academic supervision. The APPSC DyEO case studies are 5 cases and about 4,563 words.
1The 25% Quota Ledger: A Parent, a Private School, and ₹11.4 Lakh of Arrears
You are the Deputy Educational Officer (DyEO) of a revenue division in Andhra Pradesh. A parent submits a written complaint: a private unaided English-medium school in the town, with 120 sanctioned seats in Class I, admitted only 9 children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups under the 25% RTE quota for the current year.
970 words, about 5 min2Ranking Forty-Six Children on the Blackboard: A Case of Learned Helplessness and Test Anxiety
In a Zilla Parishad high school, Class VII has 46 children. The mathematics teacher writes the rank order of all 46 test scores on the blackboard every Friday and asks the last ten to stand.
923 words, about 5 min3A Six-Mark Gain That Was Really an Eleven-Mark Absence Problem
The headmaster of a government high school wants to know whether the activity-based mathematics programme piloted in Class VIII B worked. Terminal examination data are placed before the staff: Section A (n = 40, no programme) has a mean of 62 with SD 14; Section B (n = 40, programme) has a mean of 68 with SD 6.
697 words, about 3 min4The Inspection Where the Records Were Perfect and the Learning Was Not
You are the DyEO inspecting a Zilla Parishad high school with 312 students in Classes VI to X, 11 sanctioned teaching posts and 8 working. You find: CCE records for Class IX show all 38 students at A1 or A2 in project work, every entry made on one date; the four formative assessment tools cannot be traced to any dated work; the mathematics unit tests show 21 of 38 below 35%.
951 words, about 5 min5Kavya, the Second Floor, and Parents Who Refuse the Certificate
A government primary school in Andhra Pradesh has 41 children in Class V with one teacher. Kavya, aged 10, has low vision with nystagmus and reads only 18-point print at about 30 cm.
1,022 words, about 5 min