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School Education Minister Partha De on Monday claimed in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly that there are about a hundred litigations against the appointment.
But all the cases have been resolved and the Calcutta High Court has given its nod to the appointments.
“The government is not flouting any of the rules. We are adhering to the HC directives,” De told the Assembly.
He added: “The Centre is intimidating us on the issue, they are saying that unless the PTTI issue is resolved, we cannot appoint teachers. But the HC in its several directives has allowed us to continue with the appointment process.”
About six months ago, the state government had decided to fill up 60,000 vacancies in primary schools. De said that already 25,000 teachers have been appointed and the government is keen on filling up the rest of vacancies in the next two months.
“Once we are able to fill up all the vacancies, the teacher-student ratio will meet the requirement,” said De.
The required teacher-student ratio, as per norms, is 1:40. But, the present strength of the teachers is 1,40,000 — even as the requirement is 1,75,000 — for about 49,000 primary schools.
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