J-K: Govt detaches teachers from non-teaching postings

“The attachments of dozens of government teachers has been cancelled and they have been asked to report back to their primary work of teaching schoolchildren,” a senior official in the education department said.

The latest government order also includes the cancellation of teacher union leader Abdul Qayoom Wani’s deputation as in-charge of Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme. Wani, a headmaster by designation, along with hundreds of teachers last week had staged a demonstration against the reform initiatives of Directorate of School Education Kashmir and its new transfer policy for teachers.

“The transfer order is not an issue but the conspiracy and intentions behind the transfer are to be looked into seriously. I am an employee of the education department and can work anywhere,” Wani told The Indian Express. He said “some officials in connivance with former education minister Naeem Akhtar were trying to suppress union culture in the state with theses steps.

Wani, who is also president of Employees Joint Action Committee, had last week run into a controversy after a video went viral on social networking sites in which he was seen using unparliamentary language against the Director School Education Kashmir Shah Faesal.

The tussle between the union leader Wani, and Faesal had started when the latter’s office had issued a circular last month that no teacher, who is part of any teachers’ body, would be exempted from his teaching duties.