Asks authorities to cancel all attachments of teachers
DODA: A meeting to review the performance of the School Education department was held here today under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Doda, Vishesh Mahajan.
The meeting was attended by the Chief Education Officer, Zonal education officers (All), Cluster Heads/ the Principals of Government Higher Secondary Schools (All), and other concerned officials.
After a detailed discussion the meeting decided that all the attachments, except on the rationalization basis, shall be cancelled, and teachers would be asked to report to their original places of posting. ZEOs shall visit the schools at least for 2 days in a week.
The discussion centred around shortage of teaching staff in the government schools of far flung areas, frequent complaints of irregular/ unauthorised attachments by cluster heads, unauthorised absence of teaching staff from the schools, random attachments on the grounds of Court stays, medical grounds and security reasons, besides involvement of some teachers in spreading rumors and hate contents, were some of the major issues deliberated in the meeting.
The DC expressed displeasure over the frequent attachments, leaving schools of the higher reaches without proper teaching staff and ruining the future of poor students. Mahajan directed the CEO to submit the institution wise details of the teachers and release the transferee lectures/teachers until their reliever joins, especially in the schools located in the far off places of the district. The DC discussed the recent board results with the staff and conveyed them in a strong way to improve the quality of education in the government schools in justification of the huge salaries they take from the government.
The DC also said that the feasibility may be assessed for pooling up of staff in two or more schools. The result target was set to more than 90% for the forthcoming board examinations as it was below 70% on average for the last examinations. Attachments of teaching staff in some offices in Jammu and in other districts were discussed, and the CEO was asked to furnish the status report and convey the shortage of staff to the concerned higher authority.
Administrators were informed not to call teachers to the office frequently and let them do their best on academic sides only. The DC reiterated that ADHBUT Doda attendance / Punctuality of the teachers will be the priority and asked the concerned to ensure no teachers remain absent unauthorisedly.