The BJP on Monday said the School and Mass Education Minister and other Ministers are unnecessarily playing politics by forgetting their real responsibilities vis-à-vis filling up of vacant teachers’ posts while the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has already opposed the ‘Teacher on Call’ programme of the State Government.
Briefing mediapersons here, party functionaries termed the ‘Teacher on Call’ programme as disrespect to the teachers’ society and advised the Government to fill up all 43,810 primary and 12,024 high school teacher posts lying vacant by March 31, 2016.
“The PNG Minister advised the Government to regularise all teachers who are working on contractual basis and recruit all eligible CT and BEd candidates to fill up the vacant posts. But the BJD Ministers and spokespersons, instead of giving specific replies, are making vague statements,” alleged BJP State vice-president Sameer Mohanty.
He also slammed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for not constituting a Teachers’ Recruitment Board announced by his Governnt a year ago.
Among others, party spokesperson Prithviraj Harichandan and spokespersons Sajjan Sharma and Golak Mohaptra were present.