With the guest teachers resuming their agitation, Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Ranvir Singh to prepare a draft for appointments of guest teachers in Government schools.
The Minister gave this order while taking a review meeting of the officials of the department at Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday. Naithani reportedly asked the officer to study the order of Uttarakhand High Court (HC) and prepare the draft accordingly.
Naithani, while reviewing the vacant headmaster and Principals posts in the Government schools of the State, ordered release of list of promotion of 27 headmasters and said that a meeting in regard to promotions with several departments including finance has been convened on August 24.
He asked the officers to expedite the process of departmental promotions. Taking a stern view of reported behavioral and disciplinary issues of teachers, the Minister directed that action will be taken against the teachers with questionable behaviour and ordered shifting of teacher Ranveer Singh in Udham Singh Nagar on these grounds. This teacher misbehaved with his seniors during a recent visit of Minister.
On the issue of transfers the Minister said that the transfer list of teachers suffering from critical illness, widow and widower should be released within a week. The Minister said that the vacant 658 posts in recently upgraded schools and 2,044 posts in secondary schools should be filled with outsource.
The Minister also asked to expedite the process of naming the schools after freedom fighters of state. On the PTA teachers, the officials told the minister that 461 PTA teachers are getting stipends while process of bringing 217 such teachers in ambit of regular stipends is going on.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Education Ranvir Singh, Additional secretary school education Ranjana, OSD GD Raturi, Director Secondary education RK Kunwar and other senior officers.