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News Topical, Digital Desk : The teachers' union has geared up for a long battle over the issue of the necessity of TET to retain the job. To provide relief to the teachers, the All India Primary Teachers' Union will put pressure on the government to amend the rules and regulations. The teachers' union will demand that their jobs should continue on the same conditions on which they were appointed and they should get promotions on the same.
If TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) was not necessary at the time of appointment, then it cannot be made mandatory now. However, along with putting pressure on the government to provide relief, the teachers' union has also started exploring legal options and discussions are going on with lawyers.
The Supreme Court gave the decision
In its decision given on September 1, the Supreme Court has said that all teachers teaching from class one to class eight will have to pass the TET exam within two years. Those who fail in this will be given compulsory retirement. Passing TET is also mandatory for promotion. Only those who have less than five years left in the job are exempted from TET, but they too will have to pass TET to get promotion.
The court's order is for the whole country. The order has created panic among teachers because there are lakhs of teachers across the country who have not done TET. The jobs of teachers appointed before 2011 are in danger. Seeing the crisis on the jobs of teachers, All India Primary Teachers' Union has become active. Many teacher leaders from different states including the union's president Sushil Pandey, secretary Manoj Kumar have come to Delhi to find a solution to this crisis and to discuss with lawyers.
Objection against making TET compulsory
Sushil Pandey says that the teacher union will talk to the government and put pressure on it for relief from the court's decision to make TET compulsory. The union says that the teachers who were recruited earlier were appointed with the rules and service conditions of that time. They have the right that their job should continue according to the same service conditions and they should be promoted on the same. If TET was not compulsory at the time of their appointment, then it cannot be made compulsory now.
The court order has come, in such a situation the union will demand from the state governments and the center that they should amend the rules and laws and declare that the teachers will continue to work under the rules and service conditions under which they were appointed and they will get promotions accordingly. The first emphasis of the teachers union will be to get relief from the government but along with this they are also considering legal options and for this discussions are going on with lawyers.
Appeal to the government and the court to pay attention
The teachers' union says that there are many categories of teachers who cannot apply for TET. For example, dependent teachers of deceased persons who were exempted from training cannot apply for TET now. There is an age limit for TET in every state and there is also an age limit for CTET, so those who have crossed that age limit cannot appear for TET. Teachers who get jobs after intermediate and have passed B.Ed and B.P.Ed cannot apply for TET, because for TET one must have graduation along with BTC or D.El.Ed. For this, the rules of TET will have to be amended.
The government and the court will have to pay attention to these problems. For this, review petitions will also be filed in the court. On the other hand, the governments have also started preparations after the court order. The very next day of the decision, the Uttarakhand government sent letters and mails to the district education officers and asked for the details of the teachers who have passed the TET and those who have not passed the TET so that the situation can be reviewed. In Uttar Pradesh too, the government is keeping an eye on the situation. Anil Yadav, President of the All India BTC Teachers Association, says that the government has assured that it will look into the matter.
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