WBTET : Court stay on teacher selection test

WBTET : Court stay on teacher selection test

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KOLKATA: Candidates who have passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (Tet) - the preliminary examination for teacher recruitment in state-run and -aided secondary and higher secondary schools - will have to wait some more time to take their subject papers.

On Wednesday, the high court imposed an interim stay on the Tet selection procedure till March 31 after some unsuccessful candidates lodged a petition complaining that some Tet questions were out of syllabus.



Justice Debasish Kar Gupta passed the order after he found, prima facie, merit in the petition filed by Kamruddin and 39 others. They also pointed to anomalies in model answers uploaded by the School Service Commission (SSC), which is responsible for conducting the test for teacher recruitment in the state-run schools have to wait for some more time before they take the examination for the subject papers. Calcutta high court on Wednesday imposed an interim stay on the Tet selection procedure till March 31.

Last year was the first time that the teachers' recruitment test was divided into two sections - the preliminary Tet and the main subject papers. Candidates are required to pass Tet for the subject papers to be evaluated, said sources.

The government conducted the teachers' recruitment test to fill up the 53,000 vacant teaching posts in state-sponsored schools.

Acting on the petition, Justice Kar Gupta directed the commission to take an expert opinion on the complaint and submit a report to the court by March 14. The next hearing has been fixed on March 29.

SSC conducted Tet based on three subjects - English, Bengali and child development - on July 29, 2012. The results were published on December 2 along with model answers.

The 40 unsuccessful teachers had filed the petition at the high court two weeks ago.

The petitioners had pointed to what appeared to be errors in the answers provided to the objective questions. They also complained that all four options to some of the questions were wrong.

The state government and the School Service Commission, however, have decided to lodge an appeal in the division bench.

The commission, however, isn't willing tio wait any more. They have decided to move the division bench after consulting the state government.

"The state government and the commission will prefer to appeal this matter. We hope that it would be sorted out," said SSC president Chittaranjan Mandal.


News Source : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (TNN Feb 14, 2013, 04.11AM IST)
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Analysis -
A similar situation happens in UP, Stay on Teachers Recruitment Happens.

RTE implementation is tough as post is expected to fill by 31st March 2014.

WBTET : HC stays selection of teachers

WBTET : HC stays selection of teachers

SSC Petition alleges TET answers evaluated wrongly

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The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the selection process to recruit teachers in the secondary and higher secondary schools by the School Service Commission (SSC) till March 21. The examination was held on July 29 last year to recruit teachers in secondary and higher secondary schools for filling up around 55,000 posts.

M D Kamruzzaman and 40 other candidates, who appeared in the SSC examination, filed a writ petition challenging the examination process. They alleged in the petition that the answer script of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) had been evaluated according to the wrong answers. The candidates who wrote the right answers on the basis of text books did not secure any marks. So the selection process should be stopped.

Hearing the allegation, Justice Debasish Kargupta referred the dispute to the principal of David Hare BEd College to look into the matter. The principal will verify the claim made by the candidates and file a report within three weeks.

The petition explained that the candidates had appeared for two written tests — one TET and another test on main subjects. On securing 60 per cent marks in the TET, their answer scripts of main subjects would be examined by the SSC. But the two written tests were taken on the same day. After publication of TET result, answer script of main subjects would be evaluated.

On December 1 last, the SSC published the result of TET and also disclosed the model answers of the questions of the TET on its website. The petitioners noticed that some answers in the model answers were different according to popular text books and the answer scripts were evaluated on the basis of the these model answers.

Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharjee, counsel of the petitioner argued that the candidates who wrote the right answers according to the text book, got zero and the candidates who wrote the wrong answers on the basis of the model answers secured got marks. As a result, he petitioner did not secure the requisite 60 per cent to qualify the TET, the petition alleged.

Though the results of the TET were published, the results of the main subjects are yet to some out. Justice Kargupta said that the result of the main subjects can not be published now for the stay order. The case will come up for hearing on March 21.

News Source : indianexpress.com (14.2.2013)

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This situation happens almost all over India. So many Court case filed for almost each and every state like Haryana , Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Uttrakhand, UP etc.

How can RTE post filled by 31st March 2014.

WBTET : HC prod on right to education act

WBTET : HC prod on right to education act

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Monday directed the state government to enforce guidelines under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RCFCE) Act, 2009 in all schools except minority-run ones with immediate effect.

The division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also directed that the registrations of schools that refuse to abide by the guidelines should be immediately scrapped.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Jatiyatabadi Paribartankami Shikshamonoshko Abhibhabak Mancha - an organization of parents from Jalpaiguri in North Bengal. The petitioners had claimed that several schools in Jalpaiguri do not abide by the guidelines though the RCFCE Rules, 2012, has already come into effect in the state.

They alleged that the schools in question continue to charge capitation fees or donations and not admit students from the economically weaker sections of society.

After hearing the petition on Friday, the court directed the state government to file an affidavit on what steps it has taken to enforce the act. This report was submitted on Monday. After going through the affidavit, the court noted that steps need to be taken so that schools in the state - not only in Jalpaiguri - but also in other parts of the state abide by the provisions under the act.

The act states that all children between the age of 6 and 14 have the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school. In order to abide by this, schools can't bar a student from being promoted till Class VIII.

Private schools (except minority-run ones) will also have to reserve 25% of the class strength for students from economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups through a random selection process. The government is to remunerate the school for the education of such children.

No seats in this quota can be left vacant, the Act stipulates and those admitted through this process have to be treated at par with other students. The Act also states that no donation or capitation fee can be charged and no admission test or interview for children or parents can be held. Schools have to maintain a fixed student to teacher ratio. Local bodies like Panchayats and municipalities are to keep tabs on the numbers of children actually receiving primary education under the Act. State governments have also been directed to set up Commissions for Protection of Child Rights by the Act which also stipulates that all schools (except private unaided ones) have to set up management committees with 75% of parents and guardians being members.

News Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-08/kolkata/36215404_1_schools-can-t-bar-neighbourhood-school-private-schools / Times of India (8.1.2013)

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Successful RTE implementation is great concern all over India. High court / Supreme Court take it seriously as in recent news Supreme Court gave a direction to fill teacher post in 6 months (i.e 31st March 2013 as I think)

This Video shows tragic situation in Primary Teaching in India, See - http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/learning-levels-in-govt-schools-declining-says-report-right-to-education-to-be-blamed/262205

WBTET : शिक्षक नियुक्ति परीक्षा पर रोक

WBTET : शिक्षक नियुक्ति परीक्षा पर रोक 

कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल के प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में शिक्षकों की नियुक्ति प्रक्रिया पर कानूनी ग्रहण लग गया है। गुरूवार को कलकत्ता हाईकोर्ट ने प्राथमिक शिक्षकों की नियुक्ति के लिए 23 दिसम्बर को होने वाली परीक्षा पर अंतरिम स्थगनादेश जारी कर दिया। कोर्ट के इस फैसले के बाद प्राथमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड फिलहाल शिक्षकों की नियुक्ति के लिए परीक्षा आयोजित नहीं कर पाएगा। 

प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में 54 हजार शिक्षकों को नियुक्त करने का मामला खटाई में पड़ गया है। 19 अक्टूबर को राज्य सरकार ने प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में शिक्षकों की नियुक्ति के लिए विज्ञापन प्रकाशित किया था। प्रशिक्षित तथा गैर प्रशिक्षित दोनों प्रकार के उम्मीदवारों से आवेदन मांगे गए थे। तकरीबन 55 लाख उम्मीदवारों ने आवेदन भेजे हैं। दोनों ही प्रकार के उम्मीदवारों की परीक्षा एक साथ लेने की बात कही गई थी। सरकार के इस फैसले को हावड़ा तथा पश्चिम मिदनापुर के दो लोगों ने हाईकोर्ट में चुनौती दी थी। उनका कहना था कि प्राथमिक शिक्षक बनने के लिए जिन्होंने प्रशिक्षण लिया है और जिन्होंने बिल्कुल प्रशिक्षण नहीं लिया है, उनकी परीक्षा एक साथ नहीं ली जा सकती। याचिकाकर्ताओं का कहना था कि आरटीआई और एनसीटीई एक्ट के अनुसार पहले प्रशिक्षित उम्मीदवारों को नौकरी देनी होगी। उन्हें अतिरिक्त अंकों की विशेष सुविधा मिलनी चाहिए, परंतु सरकार प्रशिक्षित और गैर प्रशिक्षित दोनों को एक समान उम्मीदवार मान रही है। 

2009 में सरकार ने केन्द्र सरकार से कहा था कि चूंकि राज्य में पीटीटीआई उम्मीदवारों की संख्या कम हैं और प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में ढेरों पद रिक्त हैं, इसलिए गैर प्रशिक्षित उम्मीदवारों को भी शिक्षक के पद पर नियुक्त करने की अनुमति दी जाए। केन्द्र ने राज्य सरकार को यह सुविधा मार्च, 2014 तक दी थी। परंतु यह शर्त रखी गई थी कि पहले प्रशिक्षित उम्मीदवारों से रिक्त पद भरना होगा। इसके बाद यदि पद खाली रहते हैं तो गैर प्रशिक्षित उम्मीदवारों को स्थान दिया जा सकता है। 

यहां यह भी शर्त रखी गई थी कि जो गैर प्रशिक्षित उम्मीदवार शिक्षक बनेंगे उन्हें दो वर्ष के भीतर प्रशिक्षण ले लेना होगा। 

न्यायाधीश देवाशीष करगुप्ता ने दो याचिकाताओं की अर्जी के अनुसार प्राथमिक शिक्षक नियुक्ति परीक्षा पर अंतरिम स्थगनादेश जारी कर दिया। उन्होंने कहा है कि प्रशिक्षित तथा गैर प्रशिक्षित दोनों प्रकार के उम्मीदवारों की एक साथ परीक्षा नहीं ली जा सकती। अदालत ने इस सम्बन्ध में प्राथमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड से दो सप्ताह के भीतर हलफनामा मांगा है। उसके बाद याचिकाकर्ता के अधिवक्ता एक सप्ताह के भीतर उस हलफनामे का जवाब देंगे। इस पर जनवरी में फिर सुनवाई शुरू होगी।


News Source : patrika.com
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Big States are facing delay in recruitment PROBLEM.

Deadline for RTE implementation is 31st March 2013 , And more than 10 lakh vacancies has to be fill.
Recently SUPREME COURT gave direction to accomplish RTE implementation in next 6 months.

WBTET : 160 graduates fight for every teacher post in Bengal

WBTET : 160 graduates fight for every teacher post in Bengal

Dec 6, 2012

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West Bengal Teacher Eligibility Test News -

West Bengal Primary Education Board|West Bengal 

KOLKATA: As many as 54.5 lakh people - more than the population of Singapore - have applied for primary teacher posts in Bengal, exposing the desperation of the educated in a job-starved state.

This sea of applicants is vying for 35,000 vacancies in state-aided primary schools, which means 160 people are fighting for every post, a grim pointer to where the state is headed to. The mind boggling number has made experts in the Indian Statistical Institute sit up in alarm. "It clearly indicates that there is a serious scarcity of jobs in Bengal," said ISI teacher and economist Avirup Sarkar.

He also sees a rising insecurity among employees in the service sector, not to speak of industry. "This indicates that even the existing jobs are not very secure and hence people are looking for government jobs. Such is the situation that they are lured by the job of a primary teacher. It also implies that people in Bengal do not want to take any risk of doing an independent business or venturing out and also that they do not have much option outside the state," Sarkar said.

However, Calcutta University vice-chancellor Suranjan Das sees nothing extraordinary in the huge number of applicants. "School-level employment is a major catchment area for graduates seeking employment. A common trend in Bengal is to look for a government job instead of a lucrative job in the private sector," Das said.

As is the trend in Bengal, even this has triggered a political blame game. The current education functionaries of the state claim the damage was done by the Left Front regime. "In 2010, 62 lakh people had applied for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), but the figure didn't show up because the CPM-led government didn't allow all the applicants. The previous board screened applications and allowed only one in 15 candidates to take the test. Going by that principle, there would have been only 4 lakh candidates this time but we did not take that route," said West Bengal Primary Education Board chairperson Manik Bhattacharya.

In fact, he touted it as a "big achievement of the Mamata Banerjee government". "We distributed 54,50,000 forms for the Primary Teachers Recruitment Examination. All applicants have already got their admit cards although the last date for submission of forms was November 30. This is unprecedented. We have been able to solve the anxiety of the long wait for admit cards," Bhattacharya said.

He also said that while the CPM-led government had charged Rs 150 for each form, the Mamata administration asked for Rs 100. "SC and ST candidates had to pay only Rs 25 although the rules allow us to charge Rs 50," Bhattacharyya said, adding that everyone who scores a minimum of 60% in the December 23 test will be called for interview. In the Left regime, one in every two persons who qualified got the interview call-up, he said.


News Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-06/kolkata/35646600_1_applicants-teacher-eligibility-test-left-front-regime / Times of India (6.12.2012)
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It is really surprising that approx 55 lakh people applied for Primary Teacher Jobs.
Craze for Government Jobs is very high due to social security and good job profile in teaching sector.

Through RTE , Approx. 20 lakh jobs created all over India. And due to huge requirement, charm for B.Ed / Diploma in Teaching highly increased.

Databank of Teachers

Databank of Teachers

According to the Statistics of School Education (2009-10), the total number of teachers in the country from pre-primary to senior secondary is 67.23 lakh. To meet the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) norms specified under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Government has sanctioned 8.17 lakh additional teachers posts between 2010 and 2012 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 

The Government has taken several steps for preparing and providing quality teachers. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education for the XII Plan envisages establishment of District Institutes of Education and Training in all districts created upto March, 2011 and of Block Institutes of Teacher Education for expanding capacity of teacher preparation. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) grants recognition to institutions for starting programmes of teacher education. Several State Governments have also taken steps to expand teacher preparation capacity. In pursuance of the RTE Act, the NCTE has laid down the minimum teacher qualifications, including the requirement of passing the Teacher Eligibility Test as an essential qualification for being eligible for appointment as a teacher. Under the Sarva Shisksha Abhiyan, financial assistance is provided to the State Governments to enable the teachers of class I-VIII not possessing the minimum qualifications to acquire the same by 2015, and for training of in-service teachers for improving quality. 

This information was given by Dr. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. 

MV/GK
(Release ID :86502)


Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86502 (Published on 22-August, 2012 )

WBTET : 46000 teachers to be recruited

WBTET : 46000 teachers to be recruited

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Calcutta, June 8: Mamata Banerjee today announced that 46,000 teachers would be recruited to fill up vacancies in Bengal’s 50,000-odd state-aided primary schools.

“The cabinet has approved a decision to recruit 46,000 primary teachers,” the chief minister told reporters at Writers’.

Mamata said 10 per cent of the 46,000 posts would be reserved for degree holders of the primary teachers’ training institutes (PTTI) and para teachers.

Sources in the government said the primary teachers would be recruited within a year. A decision will be taken in the next cabinet meeting on the modalities of absorbing the teachers of sishu siksha kendras and Madhyamik siksha kendras, the sources said.

The teaching community welcomed today’s decision and said the move would ensure that the teacher-student ratio in schools was 1:40.

“There were exactly 46,000 vacancies in the 50,000-odd state-aided primary schools. There are nearly 1.75 lakh teaching posts in these schools,” a source in the school education department said.

Samar Chakraborty, the general secretary of the CPM-controlled All-Bengal Primary Teachers’ Association, said: “One cannot deny that we need more teachers to offer quality education in the primary schools. Enrolment in these schools has increased considerably. The previous government had succeeded in checking dropouts at the primary level. Today’s decision will provide job opportunities to many educated youths.”


News Source : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110609/jsp/bengal/story_14090153.jsp
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News Analysis : 
In Next 1-2 years Bumper Recruitment will be seen in Education Sector.
All over India under RTE Act, You can see huge number of vacancies are announced and lakhs of teachers posts are vacant.
RTE (Right To Education ) is announced in Eleventh Five Year Plan ( 2007 - 2012 ) and B Ed degree holders are waived to become Primary Teacher upto 1st Jan 2012. And approx 20 Lakhs posts are sanctioned for RTE implementation till 1st Jan  2012.
However many states not started to fill posts of teachers, And may seek relaxation for B Ed candidates.

Big recruitment can be seen in - UP (Approx 2.5 Lakhs posts are vacant ), Bihar ( Recently announce 1.7 Lakh Teachers Recruitment ), Rajasthan ( Approx 1 Lakh Teachers, Recently stay on recruitment for approx 42000 teachers comes in news, Recently Assam Govt. appointed 26000 teachers under RTE and many new jobs are ready, Gujarat, Punjab , Haryana , Uttrakhand, Jharkhand , Orissa , Tamilnadu , Andhra Pradesh etc. 
Therefore approx 8-10 Lakh jobs of teachers can be filled in next 1-2 years.