OTET : HC relief for aspiring pmy school teachers

OTET : HC relief for aspiring pmy school teachers

Cuttack, Aug 8 (PTI) Orissa High Court today directed the state to continue with the recruitment process of 'Sikhya Sahayaks' in primary schools as per an advertisement made in this effect in December last year. Justice Kumari Sanju Panda said the ongoing recruitment process will continue as per the December 2011 advertisement, where there was no mention of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).

The verdict, to bring relief to around 20,000 aspirants, made it clear if the state wished to conduct an eligibility test for these teachers, it could do so only after completion of the ongoing recruitment process. "The essential eligibility criterion for Sikhya Sahayaks shall be conducted for these teachers at later date," the judge said.         The state last year had invited applications from eligible persons for recruitment of Sikhya Sahayaks. 

Accordingly, over one lakh aspirants applied for the same and the respective district authorities prepared a merit list of the applicants on the basis of their career markings.         However in April this year, when the recruitment process had made significant progress, the state government decided to conduct TET for these aspirants stating that the test was essential for the primary school teachers as per the norms of National Council for Teachers’ Education.         This decision of the government was, however, challenged in the high court by several aspirants and accordingly, the court had earlier stayed the proposed TET that was scheduled for July 5 this year. At least a dozen petitions were filed in the HC stating that the government had arbitrarily taken a decision regarding the TET while there was no mention of the same in the advertisement.

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It is just like a similar case in UP, Process is going to change in middle of recruitment.
And UPTET matter is pending in Allahabad Highcourt.

A similar case happens in KVS recruitment, process change in middle and stay on recruitment was imposed.

Please suggest your views through comments - Is recruitment in UP happens with old advertisement or not ?

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OTET / Orissa TET : Teachers' ability test after matric: Jena

BHUBANESWAR: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will conduct the state's first teachers' eligibility test (TET) to fill up these vacancies after the annual high school certificate examination is over, school and mass education minister Pratap Jena told TOI on Thursday.

Though the government had published district-wise advertisements for direct recruitment of siksha sahayaks (SS), a category of primary teachers whose jobs become regular in six years on the basis of career evaluation, the government later changed its mind. "There will be no direct recruitment. As per the central government guidelines, we will conduct the TET," Jena said.


The school and mass education department has asked the respective districts to keep the recruitment process on hold though most of the districts had already prepared merit lists of SS. "We were ready with the merit list on the basis of career marking. But the matter was kept in abeyance. There is no final word on whether the list will be scrapped altogether," said a Bargarh district official where around 600 SS would be recruited.

The minister said the government will consider the same applicants who have already applied responding to the advertisements in December and January for the first TET. Notably, around 1 lakh applicants have applied for the posts.

Other modalities are being worked out for the examination. The pattern of question papers will be decided in consultation with the BSE, Jena added.

Sources said the government is contemplating district-wise recruitment on the basis of the statewide merit list. "Deliberations are on. A final decision on all the aspects would be taken out soon," a senior government officer said.


News : Times of India (20.4.12)

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