Uttarakhand Education Minister announced that new LT teachers will have to give compulsory service in the hills for the first five years
Indian teacher with reading glasses in front of blackboard with book and stick
All new teachers recruited in the LT (assistant teacher) cadre in the state will have to compulsorily serve in the hilly areas for five years. Biometric attendance is also being made mandatory for all teachers. It will be monitored from the Vidya Samiksha Kendra set up in the Directorate of Education.
If there is a complaint of teachers not reaching the schools, strict action will be taken against them after investigation. The bench has directed the government to start moral education from the first class itself.
Responding to the issue raised by the opposition in the House on Saturday during the budget session of the Assembly, Education Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that the state government will distribute free copies to 10 lakh children from this year.
Shortage of headmasters and principals in the schools of the state
The calendar for the recruitment of 613 lecturers in the state has come. Its examination will be conducted soon. He said that there is a shortage of headmasters and principals in the schools of the state. The reason for this is the teacher organizations filing a case in the court on this subject.
He said that if the organization withdraws this case, then promotion will be done within a week. If this does not happen, then the government will again make rules and deploy them. He said that earlier 58 MLAs had written a letter to him to stop this.
He said that Block Education Officers have been received from the Public Service Commission. As soon as their training is completed, the process of sending them for deployment will be started. With this, Block Education Officer will be deployed in every block. He said that gas stoves will be made available wherever mid-day meals are cooked in schools. Solar panels will be installed in schools where there is such a system. He said that the matter of D.El.Ed is still pending in the court.
Demand for discussion under Rule 310
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya demanded a discussion under Rule 310 regarding the education system in the state. The bench decided to hear it on Rule 58. While discussing this, Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya said that the education system in the state is in a bad condition. Somewhere schools are closed and somewhere there are no teachers. A large number of posts are vacant but they are not being filled.
The eligible people are not getting the benefits of the Right to Education Act. MLA Pritam Singh said that a major reason behind the migration from the hill villages is the poor condition of the education system. Deputy Leader of Opposition Bhuvan Kapri, Mamta Rakesh, Gopal Singh Rana, Vikram Negi, Ravi Bahadur, Virendra Jati, Lakhpat Butola and Harish Dhami also expressed their views.
