ATSUM wants deletion of benchmark qualification
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 13 2016 :
All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has urged the Manipur Education Minister to exempt DIET, any diploma, B Ed, TET as essential qualifications for recruitment of teachers by the Directorate of Education (S) under SSA and RMSA.
While lauding the recruitment drive of teachers by the Directorate of Education (s) under SSA and RMSA, the union said it is perturbed to find the essential qualifications for primary, upper primary and graduate teachers with a bench mark qualification with various diploma courses, TET and B Ed as the qualifying criteria at par with the rest of India.
The union in a representation, jointly signed by its president Joseph Hmar and general secretary Vareiyo Shatsang, submitted to the Education Minister said it is conversant with the scenario of educational system in Manipur.
ATSUM has been pressurising the GoM for establishment of B Ed centres in the hill districts of Manipur to cater to the needs of teaching faculties from primary to graduate level but nothing tangible has materialised although false promises have been made to the agitated union to address the issue.
DIET centres in the hill areas are meant only for untrained in service employed under ADCs and Education (s).
As such, making DIET/B Ed/diploma in education is neither applicable nor correspond to the existing educational system in Manipur for the simple reason that the State doesn't advocate establishment of educational institutions for acquiring professional courses, diploma etc.
to meet the needs of the tribals, the union said.
"As such, making such diploma or B Ed degrees as the requisite qualification for recruitment of teachers is a design to exploit the tribals who are not privileged to avail the facility of being trained except for the lucky few town dwellers," the representation to the Education Minister said.
Most significantly, TET as a requisite qualification is acceptable but with few examinations conducted till 2014, young people who want to enter the profession have been left deprived, the union insisted.
The requisite qualification with diploma/ B Ed/TET should be relaxed as one time measure for all communities or exemptions be made for the tribals, said ATSUM.
The backlogs of ST posts in the Education Department should be ascertained in black and white before the commencement of the recruitment process.