Teachers’ transfer policy being violated in state

Teachers’ transfer policy being violated in state
Archit Watts/TNS

Jammu, June 1
Despite tall claims by Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed of streamlining and bringing transparency in the education sector, nothing seems to be happening on the ground as a large number of teachers and lecturers are overstaying in the schools violating the norms of the transfer policy of the state government.

In a reply to an application filed under the RTI Act by Vilakshana Singh, an advocate, who is practising in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the Directorate of School Education stated that as many as 2,805 teachers and lecturers had been working in the same schools for a period of more than five years, which was against the prescribed norms.

A perusal of these documents further revealed that there were a few teachers who were working in the same schools for more than 30 years. These teachers had started their career from these schools and were about to retire from there only. The reply also stated that a teacher had been posted at Government Middle School, Kaumti, Ladda, in the Udhampur zone for the last 32 years.

Similarly, a teacher had been serving at Government Primary School, Kund, in the Udhampur zone for the last 30 years and another had been posted at Government Middle School, Chowki Choura, in the Jammu zone for the last 30 years.

The list of such teachers was long, but hardly any action had been taken against them because of their political backing.

Even the Director, School Education, GA Qureshi, failed to give a satisfactory reply. “This matter is very serious and I will check the details. So far I can’t comment on the issue,” said Qureshi while talking to The Tribune over the phone. However, he accepted that no teacher or lecturer could serve more than five years in the same school.

Courtesy: The Tribune