Teachers’ posts: Govt directed to give details

Justice N Kirubakaran, while passing an interim order on a plea moved by Tiruchy-based SVI College of Education, which challenged the denial of increase in student intake for its B Ed and M Ed courses by the Southern Regional Committee (SRC) of National Counsel for Teacher Education (NCTE), said, “The state government has to give details regarding the number of posts which will fall vacant to be filled from the four lakh graduates each year.”

Directing the state to provide year-wise details, the judge also sought to know as to, “How long will it take the government to give employment to all these four lakh graduates.”

However, Justice Kirubakaran in his interim order, quashed the show cause notice issued by NCTE to the college saying, “The reason given in the show cause notice is contrary to the instruction given by the SRC and hence is not sustainable and it is quashed.”

The Judge then directed the committee to consider the application submitted by the college for the two courses and to hold due inspection within two weeks.

The matter relates to the application made by the petitioner institution for additional intake of 50 students for the existing B Ed course and recognition for new M Ed course.

Rejecting the application, the SRC on February 27, 2017, issued a show cause notice to choose any one course failing which it is constrained to reject the application.

The judge, during an earlier hearing, had observed that the quality of teaching in the state has become so poor that children even in Class 5 are unable to write even their own names. He said, “It is a bitter reality that even the state government is not bothered about the large the number of institutions being permitted by NCTE’s southern unit. The standard of teachers is so poor that even many students who study in Class 5 are unable to write their names.”

The case has been posted for further hearing to August 10.