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A survey conducted in January revealed that 3,716 primary schools in the state are staffed by single teachers while 314 schools have no teachers.
A survey conducted in January revealed that 3,716 primary schools in the state are staffed by single teachers while 314 schools have no teachers.
GUWAHATI
Opposition parties and student organizations have condemned the Assam government’s decision to cancel about 8,000 vacant posts of teachers in regular schools.
Education Minister Ranoj Pegu has defended the move to ensure financial balance and protect the “means against close regulation” of 11,206 contract teachers working under the Sarba Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in primary and lower secondary schools.
But organizations such as the All Assam Students Union said that this reflects the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s plan to take over the education sector in the state.
A letter from Assam School Education Department Secretary Bijoya Choudhury to the State Accountant General on November 7 said that the government had agreed to the abolition “to maintain financial neutrality in the provision of extra service benefits to state pool teachers.” under SSA”.
While there were 4,265 posts for primary school teachers, 3,715 posts were reserved for primary school teachers.
“We are against the appointment of contract teachers without filling the vacant posts of regular teachers in 2017. It seems that the government does not want to control education,” Ratul Goswami, secretary of the Assam State Primary Teachers Association, said.
In January, the organization conducted a survey of 33,829 primary schools in 51 districts of 32 districts of Assam. The survey revealed that 3,716 primary schools have single teachers while 314 schools have no teachers.
Of the 1,800 government-run primary schools in Guwahati, 224 had sole teachers and 37 did not.
Lurinjyoti Gogoi, the president of the Assam Jatiya Parishad said that the government’s intention was revealed two months ago when it closed 1,710 primary schools as part of the school standardization process. This followed the closure of 34 secondary schools for recording “zero percentile” in class 10 exams.
“This is a short-sighted move to kill the public education system. It is not acceptable,” he said.
“This move is unfortunate at a time when more recruitment is needed to maintain the teacher-student ratio as per the New Education Policy,” Aminul Islam, general secretary of the All India United Democratic Front, said.
“This is a short-sighted move to kill the public education system.”Lurinjyoti GogoiPresident, Assam Jatiya Parishad
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