State won't compromise on quality of education, warns CM Rawat

The State Government would not compromise on the quality of education and teachers should be aware of their responsibilities, said the Chief Minister Harish Rawat while addressing a meeting of the officials of education department and office bearers of Prathemik Shikshak Sangh (PSS) on Monday. He told the leaders of PSS that the State Government is ready to accept genuine demands of teachers but they should understand their duties. In the meeting the CM told the senior department officers to ensure that separate conduction of Junior High Schools and High schools are there where sufficient student strength is there in Up- graded junior high schools.

Rawat said that excess teachers of less student strength schools should be adjusted in the schools where they are needed and if required notional promotion arrangement be made for the teachers.He asked the Director General of School education D Senthil Pandiyan to undertake extensive surprise visits of the schools. Rawat said that benefit of session end would be automatically granted to the teachers. He said that salaries under SSA should be disbursed from treasuries so that GPF payments are easy. The CM said that additional increment should be given to national and state awardees.  In case someone does not want session advantage, the person concerned will have to deny for it in written. 

Rawat said that for carrying out assessment of Block Resource Coordinators (BRC), a four member committee should be constituted which ideally should include two members each of the department and PSS.The President of PSS Nirmala Mahar and senior officers of education department were present in the meeting.