Meerut:
A day after the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) wrote to
the state chief secretary in support of over 1.72 lakh shikshamitras,
the future, say the ad-hoc teachers, still lies on precarious grounds.
NCTE in its letter to UP chief secretary Alok Ranjan said those working as teachers before 2010 need not clear the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). Though some of the shikshamitras say they can breathe a sigh of relief as this letter might just help them win the case in the Supreme Court, others say that the letter from NCTE still does not throw light on whether the clause stated in the letter holds true for both shikshamitras and assistant teachers.
"The letter reads that those working as teachers before 2010 need not clear TET. But the letter doesn't clarify whether it treats shikshamitras as teachers. If the Centre treats shikshamitras as teachers then this is good news for us and if not, then the struggle continues further. We will be visiting our lawyer and ask him to scrutinize the order. We'll take the next step accordingly," said Sudhir Malik, who was recently appointed as assistant teacher on July 1 after years of service as a shiksha mitra.
"I am glad that the NCTE has given a decision in our favour. This is like a Diwali gift for us. Though high court termed the regularization of over 1.72 lakh shikshamitras illegal, we had always hoped that the central government would rule in our favour. This decision of NCTE will help us have an upper hand in the case which all of us are planning to file in the Supreme Court," said Anita Vikal, one of the shikshamitras, who was regularized in August last year.
The letter has come over a month after the Allahabad high court passed an order stating the government's move to regularize 1.72 lakh shiksha mitras "illegal" as they had not cleared TET.
Shiksha mitras (temporary teachers) who were supposed to just qualify intermediate education, were appointed during the previous BSP rule through a government order (GO) in 1999. They were appointed with an aim to help villagers in getting their children enrolled in schools and raise awareness about the need for education under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA).
In May 2014, the government amended the teaching rules, which were implemented after the introduction of Right to Education Act, in which it was said that the shiksha mitras would not require qualifying the TET. It then passed the GO announcing their assimilation as assistant teachers. Nearly 59,000 shikha mitras were regularized in the first phase in June, 2014 followed by another 73,000 in the second phase in June this year. The third phase was put on hold after the Supreme Court stayed the same and asked the high court to take a final decision on the matter.
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NCTE in its letter to UP chief secretary Alok Ranjan said those working as teachers before 2010 need not clear the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). Though some of the shikshamitras say they can breathe a sigh of relief as this letter might just help them win the case in the Supreme Court, others say that the letter from NCTE still does not throw light on whether the clause stated in the letter holds true for both shikshamitras and assistant teachers.
"The letter reads that those working as teachers before 2010 need not clear TET. But the letter doesn't clarify whether it treats shikshamitras as teachers. If the Centre treats shikshamitras as teachers then this is good news for us and if not, then the struggle continues further. We will be visiting our lawyer and ask him to scrutinize the order. We'll take the next step accordingly," said Sudhir Malik, who was recently appointed as assistant teacher on July 1 after years of service as a shiksha mitra.
"I am glad that the NCTE has given a decision in our favour. This is like a Diwali gift for us. Though high court termed the regularization of over 1.72 lakh shikshamitras illegal, we had always hoped that the central government would rule in our favour. This decision of NCTE will help us have an upper hand in the case which all of us are planning to file in the Supreme Court," said Anita Vikal, one of the shikshamitras, who was regularized in August last year.
The letter has come over a month after the Allahabad high court passed an order stating the government's move to regularize 1.72 lakh shiksha mitras "illegal" as they had not cleared TET.
Shiksha mitras (temporary teachers) who were supposed to just qualify intermediate education, were appointed during the previous BSP rule through a government order (GO) in 1999. They were appointed with an aim to help villagers in getting their children enrolled in schools and raise awareness about the need for education under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA).
In May 2014, the government amended the teaching rules, which were implemented after the introduction of Right to Education Act, in which it was said that the shiksha mitras would not require qualifying the TET. It then passed the GO announcing their assimilation as assistant teachers. Nearly 59,000 shikha mitras were regularized in the first phase in June, 2014 followed by another 73,000 in the second phase in June this year. The third phase was put on hold after the Supreme Court stayed the same and asked the high court to take a final decision on the matter.
सरकारी नौकरी - Army /Bank /CPSU /Defence /Faculty /Non-teaching /Police /PSC /Special recruitment drive /SSC /Stenographer /Teaching Jobs /Trainee / UPSC