Testing times for night school
students as new rules kick in
PIL:
Recruit Qualified Teachers
Distraught
by the state's new service rules for night school teachers, a group of students
have moved the Bombay high court demanding that qualified teachers be
appointed.
A PIL filed by
representatives of a political party on behalf of students stated that several
night schools in the city have been affected by the state's new guidelines that
disallow school teaching or non-teaching staff employed during daytime to work
in night schools. “We have only one Marathi language teacher for about 100
Class VIII, IX and X students. This teacher was assigned to us in July , almost
two months into the academic year. We have only one peon left among the
non-teaching staff. It is practically impossible to function like this.
Students of Class X have lost out on crucial months,“ said Meenal Vagal,
treasurer at Utkarsh Night School, Worli. Chandrakant Mhatre, former principal
at New Era Night School, Chembur, said several schools have been facing similar
troubles. “While some schools have no teachers at all, at some schools there
are untrained teachers.Those with merely a diploma in education cannot teach
students of Class VIII onwards.The state has conducted baseline tests for night
school students without teaching them for the last few months,“ he said.Mhatre
cannot continue to hold his position at the night school since he works as a
full-time teacher at a day school too. He also is planning to move the HC.
Deputy director of education
BB Chavan said the government has already made appointments. “We have made
appointments at all aided schools. Appointments haven't been made at minority
institutes because they have to be done by the management,“ he said.
Source | Times of India | 4th October 2017
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