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| Degrees acquired by ReTs through distance mode to be scrutinized | | Akhtar tamed at last | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 9: The large scale protests and opposition at large finally made the education minister Naeem Akhtar to revoke his decision to screen test all the ReT teachers with the new order issued by the Education department hinting at scrutinizing the degrees acquired by the distance education mode by the ReT teachers.
Meanwhile, there are reports which galore on ground that Akhtar seems to be finally succumbing to the pressure and uproar caused by his recent erratic order to make ReT teachers across the state to appear for a screen test- seen by them as an utter disgrace to their services.
The recent order issued by the Education Department could provide a sigh of relief to the aggrieved ReTs who took to streets in past in a bid to compel government to revoke its diktat. As per the order No: 396-Edu of 2015, issued by the Commissioner Secretary School Education Department, the respective Chief Education Officers of all the districts have been designated as Nodal Officers for verification of the certificates of ReTs/RReTs obtained through study centres or distance mode. "The whole exercise of verification of such certificates shall be completed within seven days," the order said. It added that the Director School Education Kashmir and Jammu will personally monitor the verification progress.
Top sources within the government divulged that after the series of protests and large scale opposition was witnessed against the education minister over screening the ReT teachers in Jammu and Kashmir which are more than 65 thousand in number, the government has finally agreed to only verify the certificates and degrees. "There were reports with the government about the dubious degrees of the ReT teachers received from some private universities outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir. These degrees shall be re-verified and scrutinized thoroughly," sources within the education department told Early Times.
Also there was an uproar witnessed earlier by both the ruling parties, PDP and BJP, within, after the screen test for ReTs got resentment from all sections of society. "Except some relatives of Naeem Akhtar there was no one who supported this bizarre idea. It is indeed ironic to make the teacher who has been discharging duties since a decade, to sit in exams so that his ability could be verified," opined a senior leader of the ruling camp.
Sources further said that Akhtar was intimated by his party about the dangerous repucursions of decision, if not revoked sans any delay. "There was chaos all over as the ReT issue became the political one with voices of anger coming from all sides. This monster had to be tamed at any cost," one of the PDP leaders said. Pertinently, the Education Department, vide Govt Order No: 353-Edu of 2015 dated: 23-07-2015 had constituted a committee headed by Commissioner Secretary School Education Department to identify and assess the hazards caused to the society by ReTs/teachers who possess such doubtful degrees/certificates obtained from study centres or through distance mode.
Accordingly, the Committee decided to screen the degrees of all ReTs and RReTs obtained through distance mode from doubtful institutions and put them to a screening test in light of the High Court directions.
The Committee also took note of the directions of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to introduce Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for which guidelines have been issued vide No: 76-4/2010/NCTE/Acad dated: 11-02-2011.
Meanwhile, the SWP No: 346/2014 was again listed for hearing before the High Court on 28 July 2015 and the Court took note of the constitution of the Committee by the State Government and further directed to file a status report indicating the steps taken by the Education Department in pursuance of the report of the Committee constituted for the purpose.
Govt to screen ReTs' testimonials
Meanwhile an official spokesman on Sunday made it clear that in compliance to the directions of the High Court, the degrees of ReTs/RReTs obtained through study centres and distance mode from shady institutions would be scrutinized and accordingly the screening test of those ReTs and RReTs would be conducted who are in possession of suspicious testimonials.
As per the order No: 396-Edu of 2015, issued by the Commissioner Secretary School Education Department, the respective Chief Education Officers of all the districts have been designated as Nodal Officers for verification of the certificates of ReTs/RReTs obtained through study centres or distance mode. "The whole exercise of verification of such certificates shall be completed within seven days," the order said adding that the Director School Education Kashmir and Jammu will personally monitor the verification progress.
The Department said that the High Court, in its order dated: 14 May 2015, while adjudicating on SWP No: 346/2014 titled Faisal Ahmad Khan v/s State and Others observed: "This writ petition throws up most startling and classical example of sale and purchase of academic degrees, for which many tuck shops were operating in the State. These tuck shops who have issued the degrees, would be responsible for relegating the student community into the dark cave of Plato. The authorities, responsible to ensure that the stream of academics and education is not polluted in the State of J&K, however, in view of the facts, which have surfaced in this case, have acted as soulless bodies with ray-less eyes, as they have criminally condoned and overlooked the Himalayan blunders committed in procuring the academic degrees."
High Court had ordered; "In order to arrest further deterioration in the education system, the Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Education Department, J&K is directed to constitute a committee to look into the hazards which such type of degrees must have caused to the society. The Committee shall be responsible to find out all such degrees/certificates issued in favour of such candidates, who stand selected as ReT/teachers and ask this class of teachers to sit in a screening test to ascertain as to whether they are in a position to teach the students. All such ReT/teachers, who fail in such screening test, their certificates would require to be seized, of course, after affording opportunity of hearing to them. The authorities shall consider termination of their services after following principles of natural justice as same will be in the larger interests of student community and society."
Accordingly, in compliance to the directions of the High Court, the Education Department, vide Govt Order No: 353-Edu of 2015 dated: 23-07-2015 constituted a committee headed by Commissioner Secretary School Education Department to identify and assess the hazards caused to the society by ReTs/teachers who possess such doubtful degrees/certificates obtained from study centres or through distance mode.
Accordingly, the Committee decided to screen the degrees of all ReTs and RReTs obtained through distance mode from doubtful institutions and put them to a screening test in light of the High Court directions. |
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