Uttarakhand School Education department released teachers’ transfer list for 1,100 Government school teachers including lecturers, licensing in Teaching (lT) teachers, assistant teacher under Uttarakhand Teachers Transfer Policy. listed teachers have been directed to join their new appointments by September 20, said School Education Director CS Gwal on Sunday.
However, teachers are divided over the transfer list and said that teachers who are attached with District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) and State Council of Education Research and Training (SECRET) have been exempted in the transfer list. They also state that in mid academic session, teachers should not be transferred. Moreover, some teachers have threatened to intensify their protest across the state or even move to the court against release of teachers transfer list if their demands are not met.
The directors of Garhwal division and Kumaon division directed chief education officers under their respective jurisdiction to ensure that listed teachers will be relieved by their respective school principals without delay and these teachers will join their new appointments within said period.
In this list, male teachers aged 55 and female teachers aged 50 have been exempted from the transfer list. The names of 365 lecturers and lT teachers have been listed in the transfer list in Garhwal division while 736 lecturers, lT teachers and assistant teachers in Kumaon division have been listed. As per the department officials, in Nainital district, 123 teachers have been named in the transfer list while 142 in Pithoragarh, 118 in Udham Singh Nagar, 106 in Bageshwar, 103 in Champawat, 144 in Almora.
Earlier, in Garhwal division, the education department had released transfer list of 561 teachers under the policy. But after release of Government order stating exemption of women aged 50 from the transfer list, the department had exempted 150 female teachers from previous list and released fresh transfer list of teachers naming as many as 365 teachers in Garhwal division. 150 vacant seats in the government schools will be filled up with new appointments.
A total of 60 male and 15 female lecturers have been listed for their transfer in the schools located in accessible to schools in inaccessible area while 51 male and one female lecturer have been transferred in schools located in inaccessible to schools in accessible areas.
The education department has listed 91 male and 26 female (license in Teaching) lT teachers who will be transferred from the schools located in accessible area to the schools located in inaccessible areas. While 122 male and one female lT teachers were included in transfer list and who will be transferred from the school located in inaccessible to schools located in accessible areas.
Gwal said that the teachers transfer policy has been drafted in consultation with different teachers unions. Teachers raised their concerns in the meeting which were addressed. The director appealed the teachers to join their appointments by said period. Observers opined that since the inception of Uttarakhand, this will be the first time when teachers teaching in schools located in inaccessible areas will be transferred to the school located in accessible area without them exploiting political or bureaucratic connections.