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.
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