Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: A meeting of Jammu Kashmir Teacher/Master Association (JKTMA) was held under the chairmanship of State President Rakesh Singh and State General Secretary Vivek Gupta to discuss the burning issue of DPC of Teachers/Masters.
While speaking on the occasion, Rakesh Singh strongly urged to Principal Secretary Alok Kumar to release the DPC list of IC lecturers in the discipline of Botany and Zoology as there is great dearth of Botany and Zoology Lecturers in the Govt Senior Secondary schools due to which students are compelled to opt for some other subjects inspite of their interest in these subjects.
Association further demanded to de-recognise all the Post Graduate degrees in Science stream acquired via distance mode and not consider such degrees for benefit of DPC keeping in view their regular laboratory oriented practicals which are lacking in distance mode degrees due to which Public Service Commission also not entertains such degrees for direct recruitment of Lecturers and also denies to regularise all such Promotee IC Lecturers. Those regularised were granted one time exemption by School Education Department in the past and benefit of such one time exemption was already provided more than three times, which raises question mark on the credibility of SED, observed Mr Singh.
Singh urged to conduct DPC by 100 percentage promotion quota on one time basis keeping in view decision of State Administrative Council so that more and more teachers become Lecturers in order to fill up vacant posts of Teachers, paving the way to adjust Grade-II and Grade-III teachers on GLT posts who are at present working against supernumerary posts.
Association also opposed any move of SED to make policy of screening for promotion as it will only breed corruption/favouritism/ nepotism and possible paper leakage. Singh said that such move may also delay the process of DPC by making process of promotion more cumbersome and lengthy by involving more agencies in the said process.
Association urged Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to enhance the Grades of Teachers in UT of Jammu equivalent to their counterparts in other UTs and also make B Ed minimum educational qualification for the recruitment of Teachers.
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