Teacher associations resent dept order

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Teacher associations resent dept order

Friday, 30 October 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

The associations of the government teachers have vehemently opposed the education department’s directive to the teachers to get the documents of their educational qualification verified from the boards and universities from where they have passed out. The president of the Prathmik Shikshak Sangh (PSS), the powerful organisation of primary teachers, Digvijay Singh that the teachers have already submitted copies of their educational qualification and other documents to the office of Block Education Officer (BEO) concerned. He said that the new directive to the teachers is outrageous.

He said that verification of the documents is the duty of the department and not of the teachers. Singh said that the verification of documents should be done at the time of appointment and asking the documents from teachers is wrong. The general secretary of the Junior High School Shikshak Sangh, Rajendra Bahuguna said that the order of the department to the teachers to get their documents verified is wrong and should be immediately withdrawn. He warned that if the decision is not taken back then the teachers would be forced to start a statewide agitation.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Uttarakhand High Court (HC) had recently directed the education department to get the educational qualifications of all its teachers verified.  In response to the order the education department asked all its 35000 teachers to submit documents pertaining to their educational qualifications in three sets. It is learnt that after these documents were received in the offices of BEO’s the department realised the enormity of the task. Taking a way out the beleaguered department has now asked the teachers to get their documents verified themselves.

This order has agitated the teachers. “The department asks us to get our documents verified from the universities and boards. The basic objective of the exercise is to find teachers in the department working with dubious documents. How a teacher who has got the job by fraudulent means would get caught if he himself is being asked to get the verification done? ‘’ asked a teacher.

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