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The minister said this while speaking at the annual conference of All Bengal Teachers and Employees Association, an RSP-backed organisation, on Friday. “In some schools, teachers are idling away. This cannot be tolerated,” De said. When their salary had been increased, there is no reason why teachers should not work sincerely and give attention to students, he added.
The All Bengal Primary Teachers Association (ABPTA), the CPM-backed association is also toeing De’s line. “We cannot say that such a problem does not exist. We being the largest teachers’ organisation in the state are in discussion with other bodies on how to improve the performance of the teachers,” said Samar Chakraborty, Kolkata District president of ABPTA.
He added that the organisation has asked teachers to report to school before prayer each day and not to leave before classes are over. The ABPTA also plans to award teachers so as to inculcate more dedication among them.
Congress-backed teachers’ organisation, WBPTA, however, is not convinced that teachers are insincere. They dub De’s statement as a gimmick to evade the real issue. “We are ready to assess the performance of teachers but that is not the real issue. The issue is lack of teachers and a series of litigations that the government is facing in the High Court. It is trying to divert our attention,” said Bhimsen Biswal, Kolkata district president of WBPTA.
Recruitment drive: Written test held in 16 districts
KOLKATA: The state government has started a recruitment drive for nearly 56,000 vacant teachers’ posts in the state. By Friday, the written examination has been conducted in 16 districts across the state. On December 24, the Calcutta High Court had asked the state government to recruit teachers based on the rules laid down by government in 2006 for 32,000 posts. According to government officials, in six months, schools will get a new lot of teachers.
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