Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 20: The Government Graduate teachers undergoing B.Ed course through distance mode have not been provided study material in several Education Zones till today despite the fact that exams are being conducted in December, 2019.
Some teachers from Udhampur (Ghordi) Zone told the Excelsior that they have paid Rs 12500 per year for the two years BEd course. The second installment of the same amount has already been paid but hundreds of teachers are still waiting for the study material. They said Samagra Shiksha unit of the Education Department has made arrangement for the degree of about 10,000 untrained teachers through IGNOU. A budget of Rs 600 lakhs was approved by the department with unit cost of Rs 600 per teacher. Even the money issue also remained unresolved. Now, since the exams are drawing nearer, despite request to the concerned authorities, the study material has not been provided as yet and even personal contact programme (PCP) has not been conducted. They sought intervention of the higher authorities into the matter.
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