Teachers' Unions Felicitate Gujarat CM for Announcing New Transfer Rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Teachers' Unions Felicitate Gujarat CM for Announcing New Transfer Rules

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Two unions representing government school teachers on Monday felicitated Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel for announcing new rules governing transfers of head teachers of primary schools who cleared HTAT. In June this year, Patel launched the 21st edition of ’Shala Praveshotsav’, a state-wide annual drive to enrol students in Class 1 from a government-run primary school in Biliamba village of tribal-dominated Dang district. Several former students of Biliamba Primary School, including MBBS doctor Anitaben Kuvar and international athlete Murali Gavit, were also present at the event, the chief minister said. ABRSM-Gujarat’s president, Bhikhabhai Patel, expressed hope that the state government will fulfil its promise of extending benefits of the old pension scheme to school teachers appointed before 2005.

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Relief for lakhs of old teachers in Bihar as CM Nitish Kumar rules out transfers, for now
1 month ago

Relief for lakhs of old teachers in Bihar as CM Nitish Kumar rules out transfers, for now

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that lakhs of schoolteachers appointed since 2006 through Panchayati Raj institutions and urban local bodies will continue to remain posted at their current positions even after getting the status of government employees upon successfully clearing competency tests. Bihar had appointed 3,67,143 teachers through PRIs and ULBs in phases since 2006, as state …

Bihar puts on hold transfer/posting of lakhs of teachers
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1 month ago

Bihar puts on hold transfer/posting of lakhs of teachers

Hindustan Times  

Amid growing unease among teachers over the government’s new transfer policy and fears that it could take serious political overtones ahead of the winter session of the Bihar Legislature, the government on Tuesday put the exercise, which was to roll out in December, on hold. Bihar puts on hold transfer/posting of lakhs of teachers Education minister Sunil Kumar told media …

Bihar govt halts new teachers transfer policy after Patna High Court stay
1 month ago

Bihar govt halts new teachers transfer policy after Patna High Court stay

India TV News  

In the latest development affecting lakhs of govt teachers, the Bihar govt on Tuesday suspended the new transfer policy which was set to roll out in December this year. While hearing a petition, the High Court stayed on the transfer-posting policy of teachers on Tuesday. Reacting to the decision, Bihar Education Minister Sunil Kumar said that transfer-posting of teachers has …

Relief to junior teachers of primary schools as Allahabad HC sets aside transfer policy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Relief to junior teachers of primary schools as Allahabad HC sets aside transfer policy

Hindustan Times  

In a relief to thousands of junior teachers of primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday set aside the government's transfer policy brought in June this year to maintain the teacher-pupil ratio in these schools. The government also said that this transfer policy is necessary to maintain the teacher-student ratio under the Right to Education Act. …

Teachers Are Key to Societal Change: BJP's Bandi
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Teachers Are Key to Societal Change: BJP's Bandi

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: History says that governments which have ignored teachers have not survived, said BJP general secretary and Union Bandi Sanjay Kumar. Participating in the Teachers’ Day celebration organised by the Telangana Prantha Upadhyaya Sangam at the collectorate here on Sunday, he said it was evident that teachers and employees had dethroned the N.T. Some selfish teacher union leaders supported the …

Keep mass teacher transfer orders in abeyance, look at it sympathetically: LG
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Keep mass teacher transfer orders in abeyance, look at it sympathetically: LG

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The lieutenant governor met with a delegation of teachers on Sunday. Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Sunday suggested that the mass teacher transfer orders be kept in abeyance, asking chief secretary Naresh Kumar and the directorate of education to take a “holistic and sympathetic” view in cases of teachers who have completed 10 years at a school. Raj …

Nizamabad: After Teachers’ Transfers, Some Schools Facing Staff Shortage
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nizamabad: After Teachers’ Transfers, Some Schools Facing Staff Shortage

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Even after completion of the teachers’ transfer, the teacher-pupil ratio maintenance remains a tough task. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed the education department to reopen the closed government schools. “If a school runs with a single teacher, the transfer will affect the studies of the students,” he said, adding, “'When I avail the leave, a substitute teacher will …

‘Mass transfers will impact the process of teaching and learning’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Mass transfers will impact the process of teaching and learning’

The Hindu  

Amid the row over their mandatory transfer, Delhi government school teachers said the new policy does not leave them with an option. “When three-four teachers are transferred at the same time, it impacts the teaching and learning process. Virendra Singh Yadav, president, Delhi All School Teachers’ Association of NCT, said the orders are “not in favour of either the students …

Transfer of Govt Teachers to Be Based on Strength of Students
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Transfer of Govt Teachers to Be Based on Strength of Students

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed officials to take transparent measures with regard to government teachers’ transfers, which would be proportionate to the strength of students. Keeping in mind the previous government’s failure in providing the required facilities to teachers, the Chief Minister asked the officials to solve issues of teachers in an amicable manner and ensure that …

AP Keeps in Abeyance Transfers of School Teachers / Heads
6 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Keeps in Abeyance Transfers of School Teachers / Heads

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP government has kept in abeyance transfers of over 1,100 school teachers / heads in the state. The then YSRC government had issued eight transfer orders during February, March and April on personal / mutual basis with a condition that these orders will come into effect after the end of the Model Code of Conduct. A section of …

Bihar drafts rules to give govt employee status to working teachers through test
1 year, 2 months ago

Bihar drafts rules to give govt employee status to working teachers through test

Hindustan Times  

Bihar’s education department has uploaded the draft of the Bihar School Specialist Teachers Rules, 2023, which will pave the way for the absorption of teachers appointed since 2006 through Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local bodies as state government employees. The new rules will bring them at par with the teachers appointed through the Bihar Public Service Commission under the …

Telangana State gets HC Nod for Transfer of Govt Teachers
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana State gets HC Nod for Transfer of Govt Teachers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the state government to proceed with transfers of government teachers in pursuance of the Telangana Teachers Rules 2023. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar, vacated the stay orders issued earlier by the High Court in restraining the government to go ahead with …

As Assembly polls near, employee unions pressure TS govt on demands
1 year, 5 months ago

As Assembly polls near, employee unions pressure TS govt on demands

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hundreds of teachers staged a protest at Dharna Chowk, near Indira Park on Monday, demanding that the government undertake 'spouse transfers' immediately. The teachers raised slogans against the state government and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for keeping this issue pending for long, despite ministers and BRS MLAs giving repeated assurances that the government will undertake spouse transfers soon. …

HC seeks Bihar govt’s reply on pleas against new schoolteacher recruitment rules
1 year, 6 months ago

HC seeks Bihar govt’s reply on pleas against new schoolteacher recruitment rules

Hindustan Times  

The Patna high court has sought the state government’s reply within three weeks on petitions challenging the new recruitment rules for schoolteachers. It was hearing a bunch of petitions of teachers working since 2006 demanding the government employee status under the Bihar State School Teacher Rules, 2023, without an examination. Lawyer Abhinav Srivastava, who appeared for one of the petitioners, …

Teachers’ recruitment: Left leaders in Bihar meet key GA faces, seek to meet CM over new rules
1 year, 7 months ago

Teachers’ recruitment: Left leaders in Bihar meet key GA faces, seek to meet CM over new rules

Hindustan Times  

The leaders of the three Left parties in Bihar, which support to the Nitish Kumar government in the state from outside, met the leaders of the ruling grand alliance on Monday and called for a meeting of a joint delegation with chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav to apprise them of the concerns about the new teachers’ …

Bihar: Left leaders meet GA leaders on teachers’ issue, call for meeting with CM
1 year, 7 months ago

Bihar: Left leaders meet GA leaders on teachers’ issue, call for meeting with CM

Hindustan Times  

The leaders of the three Left parties, which are part of the grand alliance in Bihar, met the GA leaders and called for a meeting of a joint delegation with chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav to apprise them of the concerns about the new teachers’ recruitment rules in regards to the teachers appointed since 2006. “It …

Bihar Cabinet approves proposal to recruit 1.78 lakh teachers
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Bihar Cabinet approves proposal to recruit 1.78 lakh teachers

Hindustan Times  

Going ahead with its plan to recruit teachers as per the newly approved policy, the Bihar cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned creation 1,78,026 posts of teachers in different categories under the education department, additional chief secretary S Siddharth said. Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar, Siddharth said all the new positions of teachers have been …

Bihar secondary school teachers plan statewide protests over pay scale, transfers
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Bihar secondary school teachers plan statewide protests over pay scale, transfers

Hindustan Times  

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No change in new recruitment policy: Nitish
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No change in new recruitment policy: Nitish

Hindustan Times  

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Bihar: New rules for teachers’ recruitment stir unrest
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Bihar: New rules for teachers’ recruitment stir unrest

Hindustan Times  

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Govt teachers issue booklet on pending spouse transfers
2 years, 1 month ago

Govt teachers issue booklet on pending spouse transfers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With around 2,000 teacher couples employed by government schools seeking transfers under the spouse quota, the Spouse Forum set up by the teachers issued a booklet on the issue, chronologically listing their requests for transfers and rejection of the same. The state government has not yet taken any decision to unite wife and husband employees on spouse quota in …

Rajasthan’s move to hire teachers on contract faces opposition
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The Hindu  

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Valley-Based Staff's Relocation Demand After Teacher's Killing a Challenge for J&K L-G Manoj Sinha
2 years, 6 months ago

Valley-Based Staff's Relocation Demand After Teacher's Killing a Challenge for J&K L-G Manoj Sinha

News 18  

In what may be a challenge for Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Valley-based employees are pitching for relocation, following the killing of teacher Rajni Bala. The teachers have been rattled by the killing of Bala by suspected militants while she was bracing to start her day in the Gopalpora high school in Kulgam on Tuesday. Along with 4,000 …

Gujarat State govt to recruit 3300 primary school teachers: Know details here
2 years, 11 months ago

Gujarat State govt to recruit 3300 primary school teachers: Know details here

India Today  

Gujarat Teachers Recruitment 2022: The Gujarat government, on Tuesday, announced recruiting nearly 3,300 teachers or 'vidya sahayaks' for state-run primary schools and the application process will start soon for the same. Notably, a formal announcement was made by the state BJP government in March last year when Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was the Education Minister. However, things did not move ahead as …

Karnataka is not getting enough teachers: Education Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka is not getting enough teachers: Education Minister

The Hindu  

Considering that the Karnataka government did not get the required number of qualified teachers for its primary and high schools during the last round of recruitment, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Nagesh said his department would conduct the Common Entrance Test for appointment of teachers to government schools twice in the next round. The Minister added that Chief …

West Bengal govt launches portal for easy mutual transfers of school teachers
4 years, 2 months ago

West Bengal govt launches portal for easy mutual transfers of school teachers

India Today  

A new portal has been launched by the West Bengal government that will allow state government school teachers to apply for mutual transfers without needing to submit any ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their current institute. State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said this portal will simplify the procedure by doing away with the need for the teacher to get a ‘No …

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