Many teachers are upset with a government resolution (GR) on new criteria for seniority scale and selection grade (promotion) that school education and sports department of state government has issued on Monday.
The new criteria states that only those teachers will benefit with seniority scale and selection grade who complete the training and their school has ‘A’ grade according to progressive school program and shaala siddhi (National Program on School Standards and Evaluation), and also to those whose results are 80 per cent and above in Class 9 and 10.
The government resolution that came for teacher’s to upgrade their scale brought uproar among teachers community. Many teachers and their organizations showed disappointment over the new criteria in the resolution. Teachers who complete 12 years gets training from education department for seniority scale and one who completes 24 years for selection grade. The GR states that from this year the training will be given in new way. Only those teachers will benefit with this promotion that fulfill the criteria. For primary section teachers the criteria is of having ‘A’ grade to schools according to Shaala Siddhi and for secondary section teachers it is about having 80% and above results of grade IX and X.
Anil Bornare, Shikshak Parishad Mumbai division President, said, “After giving training to teachers for their seniority and selection grade they will be eligible for promotion that is raise in their salaries only if their school has got ‘A’ grade and 80% and above result in IX and X grade. The criteria have not gone well with teachers. Government should have not put such criteria for teachers and deprive them from their rights.”
Uday Nare, secondary school teacher of Hansraj Morarji Public School, said, “How can the government put such criteria for teachers despite of them giving best in their teaching career.”
Added benefit
Principal Secretary, School Education department, Nandkumar, said the teachers do get their increments from schools and this is an additional benefit they are getting from government
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