To ensure rationalisation of posts of post graduate teachers (PGTs) under the new teachers transfer policy-2016 in the State, Haryana Government on Thursday issued guidelines regarding work allocation in all schools in the State.
Each section in a class would be of 40 students and creation of second section would be allowed after 50 students. Third section would be created after the students’ strength exceeds 90 and so on, said an official spokesman of State Education Department.
With regard to the period norms, he said that a teacher would normally be given workload upto 36 periods, but would not be given workload beyond 40 periods in any circumstances. Total duration of school in a day would be six-and-a-half hours. There would be 20 minutes prayer time and recess would be of 30 minutes.
According to school calendar, there would be eight periods per day.
Giving details of weekly subject wise period norms for class IX and X, he said that in case of non availability of PGT English, the teaching workload can be assigned to any PGT of Social Studies group i.e economics, geography, political science, history, psychology and sociology. Similarly, in case of non availability of such PGT, the teaching workload can be assigned to PGT Physics.
Also, in case of non availability of PGT Hindi, the teaching workload can be assigned to PGT Sanskrit.
Giving details of weekly subject wise period norms for classes XI and XII, he said that all subjects of each stream of arts, commerce, medical and non medical would have 48 periods.
The spokesman said that priority of teaching classes IX and X would be with PGT cadre but in case of non availability of PGTs, the work can be assigned to the TGTs provided that TGT has less workload assigned than the stipulated workload.