Teachers who are already working in primary and upper primary schools must also pass TET within two years. Otherwise, they will lose their jobs. A month and a half has passed since this Supreme Court verdict.
Amid the state government's dilemma over whether to file a review petition in the Supreme Court for reconsideration of that verdict or wait for the central government to issue an ordinance, the 'All Post Graduate Teachers Welfare Association' (APGTIWA) and 'Bangiya Prathamic Shikshak Samiti' have joined the movement.
In the 2016 recruitment corruption case,17,206 teachers at secondary and higher secondary levels have already lost their jobs. At the primary level too, after the Calcutta High Court's single bench dismissed 32,000 teachers, their future hangs in the division bench. In this situation, they demand that the state immediately file a review petition in the Supreme Court without waiting for the centre's decision.
APGTIWA gave a deputation to district school inspectors (secondary) in 23 districts of the state on Thursday, objecting to the TET examination for serving teachers afresh. They argue that teachers at secondary and higher secondary levels have already been appointed after succeeding in SSC recruitment examinations. Why should they take TET again?
The state should resolve the roster of appointment problem for normal section teachers and promote all honours/post-graduate teachers to secondary and higher secondary levels. And on this day, Bangiya Prathamic Shikshak Samiti had called for a march to Bikash Bhavan. After gathering at Karunamoyee bus stand, they marched to Bikash Bhavan. They submitted a charter of demands to the School Education Commissioner in this regard. A memorandum was also handed over to board president Gautam Pal.
