Salary withheld for TN teachers without TET qualification: 8000 Govt teachers to be hit
Published: Apr 25,201904:57 AM by R Sathyanarayana
Secondary grade teachers, who teach
Classes 1 to 5, would have to pass TET paper-I. Likewise, graduate
teachers, who handle Classes 5 to 8, would have to complete TET
paper-II.
Chennai:
The
future of more than 3,000 government and government-aided school
teachers across the State is at stake as Tamil Nadu has started
withholding their salaries for failure to complete Teacher’s Eligibility
Test (TET) within the stipulated time.
The
affected teachers were recruited in 2011 on the condition that they
needed to clear TET within five years from the appointment date.
In
accordance with the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), the National Council for
Teacher Education (NCTE) had made TET a mandatory requisite to be
eligible for appointment as a teacher in Classes 1 to 8. Based on this,
it had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications
for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the
schools referred to the RTE Act is that aspirants should pass the TET,
conducted by Tamil Nadu Teacher’s Recruitment Board, (TNTRB), the nodal
agency for appointing teachers in TN.
Secondary
grade teachers, who teach Classes 1 to 5, would have to pass TET
paper-I. Likewise, graduate teachers, who handle Classes 5 to 8, would
have to complete TET paper-II.
A senior
official from the Education Department told DT Next on Wednesday that
the government initially had given a grace time of five years to
complete TET for teachers appointed in 2011. This was extended by
another two years. Despite this, over 3,000 teachers are yet to clear
TET,” he added. Pointing out that the teacher’s recruitment board has
so far conducted three TET exams since the NCTE notification, the
official claimed that 3,000 teachers had failed to clear TET despite
three attempts. “We have given enough time. The government action has
come against the lethargic approach by these teachers,” the senior
official said while noting that the April salary of the teachers who did
not qualify for TET, was cut.
K Suresh, a
graduate teacher at AJS government-aided school in Adambakkam, said,
“Without any prior notice or information, my April salary was cut.
However, when we approached the authorities concerned, they confirmed
that it was due to TET issue.” He also admitted that he could not get
the required marks in TET even after three attempts. Tamil Nadu Teachers
Association (TNTA) state secretary P K Illamaran said the government
should have conducted at least ten TETs since 2011 as per the norms.
“Three is not enough,” he added.
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