Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the contribution of guest teachers cannot be forgotten. He said that when there were no regular teachers, you were entrusted with the responsibility of teaching as a guest teacher. I am happy to say that the guest teachers discharged their duties with total dedication. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the Guest Teacher Panchayat at Lal Parade Ground. Minister of State for School Education Inder Singh Parmar was also present in the programme. Chief Minister Chouhan inaugurated the Panchayat by performing kanya pujan and lighting the lamp along with Saraswati Vandana.
Chief Minister Chouhan announced that the guest teachers would now be given honorarium on a month-wise basis. While increasing the honorarium of guest teachers, class-I will be given Rs.18,000 instead of Rs.9,000, class-II will be given Rs.14,000 instead of Rs.7,000 and class-III will be given Rs.10,000 per month instead of Rs.5,000. The contract of guest teachers will be for one year.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that reservation for guest teachers in teacher recruitment will be 50 percent instead of 25 percent. According to the Higher Education Department, guest teachers will be given 4 and maximum 20 marks every year as bonus. It will be ensured that the guest teachers receive the honorarium amount on the fixed date of the month. Also, a plan will be made to regularize guest teachers by taking eligibility test. There are total 67,910 guest teachers, 15,920 in class-I, 38,294 in class-II and 13,695 in class-III in the state.
Guest teachers will be given monthly honorarium in place of the honorarium being given according to different periods. Guest teacher class-1 will be paid Rs.18000 instead of maximum Rs.9000, guest teacher class-2 will be given Rs.14000 instead of maximum Rs.7000 and guest teacher class-3 will be given Rs.10,000 per month instead of maximum Rs.5000.
The guest teachers will be given the benefit of 50 percent reservation instead of 25 percent in the upcoming recruitment of teachers.
On the basis of educational work, guest teachers will be given minimum 4 and maximum 20 experience points in upcoming recruitments like Higher Education Department.
Like regular teachers, guest teachers will be given regular honorarium every month.
Like the Guruji regularization process, a scheme will be made to regularize the guest teachers by conducting an eligibility test.