The teachers who lost their jobs after a rationing undertaken by schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act can now breathe a sigh of relief. The education minister has declared that the teachers who got cut off due to the surplus issue will be accommodated against vacant posts in schools. Moreover, 1,343 unaided schools are now eligible for the government grant.
Of 5,500 unaided schools, 1,343 have been made eligible for the government grant. This has brought a big relief to their teaching and non-teaching staff. According to the teachers community, the staff who were working on very little salary will be now eligible for the salary grant.
The issue of surplus teachers started after a government resolution was issued on November 20, 2013. The students and teachers ratio for class V is 30:1, from classes VI to VIII it is 35:1 and for classes IX and X it is 35:1. Because of this ratio, the teachers started losing their jobs.
Two teachers have been fighting to get the justice for their colleagues who lost their jobs because of the surplus issue when the students and teachers rations were declared in RTE. The teachers will now be accommodated against the vacant post, claimed the teachers' representative.
Two of the teachers representatives, member of legislative council Ramnath Mote from Rajya Shikshak Parishad and Kapil Patil, MLC and president of Lokbharati, had raised this issue.
Anil Bornare, spokesperson, Shikshak Parishad, said, "Since the education minister has given relief to surplus teachers, we will follow up with the department to even get grants for the remaining 4,000 unaided schools so that their 25,000 teaching and non-teaching staff members who have been working from 2001 with low salaries can get better payment."
MLC Kapil Patil too welcomed the decision.
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