Nagaland government puts on hold transfer, posting of 1,650 school teachers
The Nagaland government has put on hold the process of transfer and posting of 1,650 government school teachers across the state
- KOHIMA — The
Nagaland government has put on hold the process of transfer and posting of
1,650 government school teachers across the state.
- Principal Director of School Education, Thavaseelan K, in a
notification issued on Monday, said, "In the interest of public service,
the orders dated February 6 and February 10 are hereby kept on hold till
further orders pending review."
- Earlier this month, Nagaland's Department of School
Education had issued the transfer and posting of the teachers.
- On February 6, the department issued a notification
regarding the re-deployment of 278 mathematics and science graduate teachers
while on February 10 it notified the transfer and posting of 840 primary
teachers, 341 graduate teachers and 191 graduate Hindi teachers and
undergraduate Hindi teachers as part of the rationalisation of teachers in
government schools across the state.
- All these teachers were asked to join their new place of
posting within seven days from the date of the announcement.
- The department had asserted that no requests for retention
or reconsideration of postings will be entertained under any circumstance while
failure to comply with the new posting will result in withholding of their
salaries.
- Following the rationalisation notification, various student
bodies expressed serious concern and opposed the process saying it is
irrational and unjustified while it would have far-reaching implications for
the entire state.
- The student bodies, while asserting that they support
teachers' rationalisation policy, alleged that, however, this time, the process
had been done randomly without any groundwork, statistical reports and without
consulting the district authorities.
- They remarked that the hasty and arbitrary transfer of
teachers has created uncertainty and chaos among students, parents and the
teaching community, affecting not only the academic environment but also the
future of students.
