Government schools in Tamil Nadu are running schools with temporary teachers instead of appointing permanent teachers DMK The government’s three-year achievement? Ramadoss, the founder of BMC, raised the question.
In this regard, Ramadoss, the founder of BMC, said in a statement;
“The school education department of Tamil Nadu is proud that 4,989 intermediate teachers, 5,154 graduate teachers, 3,876 post-graduate teachers and 14,019 teachers have been temporarily appointed by school management committees in government schools in Tamil Nadu. This is a three-year achievement of the DMK government.
It is reprehensible that the government is trying to pass off something that really needs to be bowed down as an achievement. A total of 13,331 teachers including 4,989 intermediate teachers, 5,154 graduate teachers and 3,188 post graduate teachers have been ordered to be temporarily appointed to fill the vacant teaching posts in government schools after DMK comes to power in 2021.
Later the number of temporary teaching posts was increased to 14,019. I had enumerated the disadvantages of appointing temporary teachers and insisted that permanent teachers should be appointed immediately in their place.
The Tamil Nadu government, which gave an explanation at that time, said that it would take a few months to select permanent teachers through the Tamil Nadu Teacher Selection Board, and only until then temporary teachers would be appointed. However, after more than two years, the temporary teachers continue to work.
Permanent teachers are not appointed. If the government had thought, they could have selected and appointed permanent teachers in 6 months. However, the Tamil Nadu government is delaying the appointment of permanent teachers due to lack of willingness to provide quality education to government school students.
Appointment of teachers in government schools on temporary basis is bad in every way. Among the teachers appointed on a temporary basis, the minimum salary is fixed at Rs.7,500 for intermediate teachers, Rs.10,000 for graduate teachers and Rs.12,000 for post-graduate teachers. This is by no means good enough for them. This is an act of exploiting the labor of temporary teachers.
Next, the appointment of temporary teachers will do a great disservice to social justice. As temporary teachers are appointed at the school level by the School Management Committee, there is no reservation. If new permanent teachers were appointed in their place, reservation would have been followed. But by running schools with temporary teachers for more than two years, the government is betraying social justice.
Thirdly no liability can be imposed on those appointed as temporary teachers. So governments cannot ensure quality education to students in government schools. The only solution to these three problems is to appoint permanent teachers to government schools. But the government is not ready to do that.
After DMK came to power in Tamil Nadu only 2207 post graduate teachers have been selected so far. As more than 15 thousand teachers have retired in the last 3 years, new teachers have not been appointed in their vacant posts.
Although the notification for the selection of intermediate teachers and graduate teachers has been published, the fact is that the number of teachers to be selected is very less than the number of vacancies.
DMK, which had promised to provide tenure to temporary teachers and temporary workers if it comes to power in Tamil Nadu, not only has not done so now, it is not fair to fill vacancies with temporary teachers. That it is too dangerous to appoint temporary teachers Chennai As the High Court has given its opinion, the government should appoint permanent teachers keeping it in mind.
Students studying in government schools come from poor families. Government schools can get quality education only if they have adequate number of teachers. Considering this, the Tamil Nadu government should take steps to fill the vacant teaching posts in all schools with permanent teachers.” Ramadoss has issued a statement.
