Two Government school teachers were transferred to schools located in inaccessible areas from schools located in accessible area in Dehradun under Uttarakhand Teachers' Transfer Policy-2013 opted for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) from the education department.
Two more teachers in Dehradun had secured VRS before implementation of this policy. Dehradun district education officer (basic) Praminder Saklani said that five out of 67 teachers transferred to schools located in inaccessible areas under the policy have joined their new posts. Uttarakhand School Education (basic) RK Kunwar said that Principal Secretary Education S Raju will preside over a meeting with education officers on November 16 to review the status of teachers' transfer and departmental action will be taken against those teachers who have not joined their new post by October 15.
A large number of primary and join high school teachers assembled at junior high school at Rajiv Colony on Saturday for attending the exhibition organised under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by the education department. Instead of focusing on themselves for this event, teachers were witnessed discussing about Uttarakhand Teacher Transfer Policy 2013.
Most of them said that they had worked in those schools for many years earlier when there were no transportation facilities. Now, these schools are accessible by transport facilities. The education department has wrongly categorised the schools located in various locations under Uttarakhand Teacher Transfer Policy-2013 in the State.
They State that the department should rectify irregularities in the categorisation of schools located in accessible and inaccessible areas. Some teachers who were not listed in the teachers’ transfer list this year opined that they would opt for VRS rather joining in the schools located in inaccessible area. Some said that as of now, they are spending sleepless nights due to fear of being transferred in the next year.
One of the education department officers said that around 150 teachers of Government higher secondary school and 300 teachers of Government primary and junior high schools who were transferred to the schools located in inaccessible area have not joined their new post. Saklani said that recently the education department had received four applications seeking voluntary retirement.
All the teachers who were transferred to schools in accessible area from schools in inaccessible areas have joined their new post. The department had released names of 67 teachers in the teachers’ transfer list under the policy and they were transferred to schools located in inaccessible area from schools in accessible area.
In this list, only five teachers had joined their new post so far.