With the State announcing a recruitment drive, teachers are quitting private jobs in the hopes of a secure government post.

With the State announcing a recruitment drive, teachers are quitting private jobs in the hopes of a secure government post.

The recent release of Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) notification and the announcement of the State government that it would hold a teacher recruitment drive in September this year seems to have affected the prospects of millions of high school students in the State.

The announcement is likely to have an adverse impact on the academic calender of thousands of private schools of the State, as many teachers working in these schools are slowly quitting their jobs in their quest for lucrative government teacher posts. The shortage of time for the all-important preparation for the teachers’ recruitment drive seems to force these teachers to quit their jobs and devote all their attention for preparation.

According to a rough estimate, about two lakh teachers are working in all the private schools across the State.

Speaking to Postnoon, Chandamadavuni Vamshi Krishna, a 33-year-old high school teacher, said that he had already quit his job. “Private school teacher is always an insecure job. You will not get a handsome salary despite putting the best efforts. As a private school teacher, I had struggled a lot due to my low salary. The announcement of the State to hold a mega teachers’ recruitment drive prompted me to immediately quit and devote my attention to preparation,” he said.

Another private school teacher, Md Shakeel Ahmed, said that he had already jumped on to the bandwagon of aspirants who are burning the midnight oil to crack the prestigious exam.

The huge imminent exodus of teachers has led to crisis of sorts for the managements of the private schools. These managements are scared of losing experienced manpower as replacing them with fresh faces is always a complex issue. “Teachers are quitting their posts from various branches of our school. This is going to be the toughest challenge confronting us in coming days. It would be difficult for us as most of them are experienced teachers,” a director of a corporate private school told Postnoon.

The State government is going to fill up thousands of unfilled teachers posts in order to attract the attention of the unemployed youth of the State ahead of the General Elections.


News Source / Sabhaar : Postnoon.com (20.7.13)