The State education department has clarified that all such candidates who are teaching primary classes and have Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree but don’t possess necessary Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) to teach primary classes, must have to undergo a six month bridge course offered by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
These teachers should register on the website of the NIOS (nios.ac.in) till November 30. The fee for the bridge course is Rs 5000. The primary education director Seema Jaunsari said that the teachers (BEd qualified) who had earlier register for the DElEd should get it cancelled and apply for only bridge course instead.
The department has made it clear that untrained teachers in primary education would not be kept in service after March 2019.
Recently the HRD ministry had directed that the teachers teaching primary students should compulsorily have the DElEd by March 2019 failing which they would be removed from their jobs. The union Government has asked the State Governments to ensure that the all untrained teachers must register themselves for diploma course offered by NIOS.However the Government school teachers employed before September 03, 2001 were exempted from the exercise.
The teachers that are taking the classes from I to VIII and hold Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree are requitred to undergo a six month bridge course while non BEd qualified candidates must complete the DElEd course if they want to continue teaching primary classes after March 2019.