Midnight move: Transfer orders issued to 5,000 govt teachers who have completed 10 years in same school
The annual transfer policy mandates the transfer of teachers who have served in the same school for over 10 years.
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Education minister Atishi has issued show-cause notice to DoE.Two days after Education minister Atishi asked the Education Department to halt transfers of government school teachers, the department, in a midnight upheaval, issued transfer orders to around 5,000 teachers on its official website on Tuesday.
The annual transfer policy mandates the transfer of teachers who have served in the same school for over 10 years.
On Wednesday, Atishi issued a show-cause notice to the Secretary of Education and the Directorate of Education for “disobeying” the minister’s order, citing Article 239 AA which “gives the Delhi government power to exercise over matters in the Concurrent List”.
Meanwhile, the Government Schools Teachers’ Association (GSTA) has also raised its concerns over the move. Its General Secretary, Ajay Veer Yadav, has written to the Directorate of Education (DoE) and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, putting forward the demand for the formation of a grievance redressal committee for all transferred teachers.
A delegation of four-five government school teachers, including Yadav, will meet the Director of Education on Thursday to raise their concerns. Yadav said concerns of teachers on medical grounds, retirement basis, physically challenged status as well as the distance from residence should be considered in a transparent manner.
Praveen Sharma, 36, who has been teaching at a government school in Sultanpuri for the last 14 years, said, “This decision will affect the student-teacher relationship to some extent. Besides, it will affect teachers who have illness or who are handicapped…”
Earlier, Deputy Director of Education, Sushitha Biju, sought online requests for the transfer of teaching staff in government schools under DoE in a circular issued on June 11. “All the teachers who have completed 10 years continuously in the same school shall compulsorily apply online… for transfer on the basis of mutual or general opting for maximum number of schools,” read the circular. It also said the headquarters will, on its own, transfer to any school the teachers who do not apply as per the official requirement.
According to the GSTA, following this decision, it appealed to the DoE to consider their argument that the decision would affect the student-teacher relationship. It claimed that a verbal assurance was given by the authority to not enforce the transfers, and that it would be made voluntary. Yadav claimed that the issue was being politicised on purpose.
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