Faridkot, January 8
A decision of the Punjab Education Department to strip 448 government school teachers of their promotion has caused an uproar.
The Director, Education Department (Senior Secondary) had, on January 6, issued a list of 448 lecturers posted in government senior secondary schools in the state to be reverted to the master cadre. The Circle Education Officers (CEOs) of Faridkot, Nabha and Jalandhar have been asked to ensure that the lecturers appear in the Director’s office in Mohali on January 13 and 14 to express their objections before their reversion to the master cadre.
Several lecturers have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court to seek a stay on the reversion.
They are among the 1,105 government school teachers who were promoted to lecturer in May 2013 after the Departmental Promotion Committee cleared their cases. Many senior teachers, who were not promoted, had filed writ petitions in the High Court, challenging the promotions. After being prodded by HC for the deluge of writ petitions, the Education Department constituted a four-member committee to review the promotions.
In the revised promotion list, many teachers with high seniority were given promotions and a decision was taken to revert 448 promoted lecturers to the master cadre.
In a letter issued to all CEOs on January 6, the Director said that since the promotions were riddled with a procedural lapse, a show-cause notice was issued to 448 lecturers who were prima facie found not eligible for promotion.
The 448 lectures include 48 of biology, 14 of chemistry, 28 of economics, 59 of English, 16 of geography, 8 of Hindi, 100 of history, 44 of mathematics, one of music, 7 of physics, 122 of political science and one of sociology.
The revised list of promotion included 185 teachers of chemistry, 140 of economics, 40 of geography, 32 of Hindi, five of fine arts, three of Sanskrit, 119 of physics and two of sociology.
A decision of the Punjab Education Department to strip 448 government school teachers of their promotion has caused an uproar.
The Director, Education Department (Senior Secondary) had, on January 6, issued a list of 448 lecturers posted in government senior secondary schools in the state to be reverted to the master cadre. The Circle Education Officers (CEOs) of Faridkot, Nabha and Jalandhar have been asked to ensure that the lecturers appear in the Director’s office in Mohali on January 13 and 14 to express their objections before their reversion to the master cadre.
Several lecturers have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court to seek a stay on the reversion.
They are among the 1,105 government school teachers who were promoted to lecturer in May 2013 after the Departmental Promotion Committee cleared their cases. Many senior teachers, who were not promoted, had filed writ petitions in the High Court, challenging the promotions. After being prodded by HC for the deluge of writ petitions, the Education Department constituted a four-member committee to review the promotions.
In the revised promotion list, many teachers with high seniority were given promotions and a decision was taken to revert 448 promoted lecturers to the master cadre.
In a letter issued to all CEOs on January 6, the Director said that since the promotions were riddled with a procedural lapse, a show-cause notice was issued to 448 lecturers who were prima facie found not eligible for promotion.
The 448 lectures include 48 of biology, 14 of chemistry, 28 of economics, 59 of English, 16 of geography, 8 of Hindi, 100 of history, 44 of mathematics, one of music, 7 of physics, 122 of political science and one of sociology.
The revised list of promotion included 185 teachers of chemistry, 140 of economics, 40 of geography, 32 of Hindi, five of fine arts, three of Sanskrit, 119 of physics and two of sociology.
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