Teachers’ union blames education dept for delay in approval of posts

This July,over 300 teachers from junior colleges and members of MJCTU staged a protest at Azad Maidan alleging corruption in the education department. They even met the Education Minister Rajendra Darda to put forth their demands. Following which,the department organised a camp for three months. “Earlier they used to set up camps for only a week. However,following our protest,they extended the camp to three months. Still the approval of hundreds of teachers is pending,” Deshmukh said.

V Pawar,a junior college teacher,said,“When I refused to pay the bribe,my post was not approved. I cannot run after them to get the approval.”

Deshmukh added,“We got to know that in north zone of Mumbai division,teachers of only 12 colleges out of 56 colleges got the approval. We have sought more details of the camp to decide our future course of action.”

However,officials at the deputy director of school education office at Charni Road said they have extended the camp for another month to complete the pending approvals. An assistant director of school education said,“We have extended the camp further. We had conducted the camp to ensure the approvals are done without any hassles. If the teachers still have complaints,we cannot do anything more.”