Transfers of teaching staff after annual examinations: Alok Kumar
‘Don’t want any disruptions during exam time’
by Insha Latief Khan
Srinagar, March 06: The School Education Department will start the transfers of teaching staff after the annual examination of the current academic session.
Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary, State Education Department said that the transfers will take place when the annual examination of the 2022 academic session is over.
He said, “No transfers will be ordered till the examinations are over. We don’t want any disruptions to happen during the months of exams. The transfers shall happen once the session is over.”
The decision has been taken by the department to avoid any disruption during the process of examinations which is going on and the teachers will continue to work at their current place of postings.
However, he said that the genuine cases of the teachers posted in 3rd zones for a longer time will be considered at an appropriate time.
Also, last year, in the month of October, the department had constituted a 6-member committee to examine the transfer cases of the teachers in the UT on the basis of health and security grounds.
To streamline the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in schools, the department has already made a complex school system catering to the availability of teaching staff in the schools at cluster level. Under the cluster system, the complex heads have authority to rationalize the staff within their complex after seeking permission from the concerned joint director.
Last year, the administration of UT had issued an order wherein the academic calendar was synced with the rest of the country. Instead of October-November, the exams are being conducted in the month of March-April.
Ideally, the State Education Department would start transfer of teaching staff in the schools during winter vacations particularly in the month of February when the schools remain off. The teaching staff would join the new place of posting after winter vacations in the month of March.(Rising Kashmir)
