The 'G' branch of education department has issued a government resolution dated October 26, in which the ratio of non-teaching employee to the number of students has been reduced for new recruitments.
The state education department has issued new orders that will cut down the non-teaching staff in grant-in-aid schools to almost one fourth of the present approved strength of employees. The 'G' branch of education department has issued a government resolution dated October 26, in which the ratio of non-teaching employee to the number of students has been reduced for new recruitments.
At present, there are nearly 45,000 non-teaching employees, including office superintendents, head clerks, senior clerks, junior clerks and peons, working in nearly 8,000 schools in the state. While, the resolution will have no effect on the present staff of the schools, recruitment of new administrative staff will be done according to the new GR.
School managements fear that the move will severely affect them as the number of approved manpower will be reduced to nearly 16,000 in all the schools following the GR.
Sources in the education department have confirmed the issuance of the order.
According to the new GR, schools with up to 500 students will get only one junior clerk and a peon, Earlier for the same student strength, a school would get one head clerk, one senior clerk, one junior clerk and three peons.
Similarly, schools with the more than 500 and up to 2000 students will get two junior clerks, and a peon. Earlier the non-teaching staff needed for such schools was an office superintendent, one head clerk, four senior clerks, three junior clerks and nine peons.
Schools with more than 2000 students will be allowed one senior clerk, two junior clerks and two peons.
"The new GR was issued after the case over recruitment of non-teaching employees came to an end in Gujarat high court. The state government intends to reduce its expenses through the GR. As all schools have computers, the workload has reduced considerably," said a source.
Mahendra Patel, president of Gujarat Rajya Madhyamik and Uchchatar Madaymik Vahivati Karmchari Sangh Mahamadal, a federation of non-teaching staff of secondary and higher secondary schools in the state, said the GR would reduce the staff drastically and increase the workload on the new recruits.
"The issue of promotion of present employees will get complicated. If government thinks that the workload has reduced due to computers, they should check the offices of the commissioner of schools and district education office.
Despite computers, the workload in these offices has not reduced," Patel said. He said the federation will meet the state education minister to make a representation
on the issue.
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