Education
PoK teachers take to streets demanding salary hike
The teachers said that in other government departments the high ranking officials have been receiving a regular hike in their remuneration, but they have been ignored and discriminated against.
An appeal was made recently to convene against the government resonated with a large number of teachers who gathered in Muzaffarabad recently.
However, the police baton-charged them and lobbed teargas shells to disperse them.
The protesters said the government gives a handsome hike in salaries to the police and bureaucratic heads but the teachers are not paid even at par with the newly recruited C grade officials.
They also said that they are not fazed by the violence and will not return until their demands are met.
The demonstrators chanted, “What do we want? Up-gradation (in salary)”.
The teachers said that they are the worst affected by rising inflation in the region and are struggling to make ends meet. But the government which makes tall claims of investing in the quality education of the people of the region has turned its back on those who are the fundamental constituents of the educational structure.
“We will not stop till the time our demands are fulfilled. Even if it means putting our lives at stake, we will not stand down” one of the demonstrators said.
“I will not return home till my demands are fulfilled,” said another demonstrator echoing a similar sentiment.
Last week, Police resorted to lathi-charge and fired tear gas at teachers in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, who were staging a protest, demanding the authorities upgrade their job ranks.
Several teachers were injured and as many as 20 protesters were arrested by the police.
Last month, police resorted to using force and firing tear gas at the protesters after several teachers held a protest near Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in Banigala to protest against the new regularisation policy of their department.
Up to 700 teachers from Punjab had reached Islamabad and decided to march on Khan’s house to protest against the new policy, which regularises the jobs of only those teachers who pass the examination of Public Service Commission and clear the interviews.
The protesters viewed this policy as ‘unjust’ as they have been working in their departments on contract for several years.
Most of the state education boards, including the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have already reduced the syllabus of Class 10 and Class 12 for this year considering the hardships students were facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The students will only have to study the revised syllabus for their CBSE board exams and other exams based upon CBSE board syllabus 2021 such as (Joint Entrance Examination (JEE 2021) and National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)). The questions will only be asked from that portion,” said education minister during the webinar.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations is scheduled to be conducted between May 4 and June 10. while the 2021 practical exams will begin from March 1.
The JEE Main 2021 will be held in four sessions — February, March, April and May. The JEE Main 2021 February session will be held between February 23 and February 26. The exam schedule for NEET 2021 has not been announced yet.
Education
delhi school reopen: Delhi govt directs officials not to rope in teachers for field work other than COVID duty
“Teachers of Delhi government have been at the forefront of COVID-related duties ever since the first lockdown in March, 2020. They have rendered their services whenever the District Administration asked them to do so.
“In fact, as late as current month, they have also been involved in the door-to-door survey, enforcement of COVID protocol, screening at airport, and many of them have also been engaged in activities related to coronavirus vaccination trials,” he said in an official order.
“Due to the unprecedented, once in a life-time nature of the pandemic, it was a collective responsibility of every official of Delhi government, including teachers, to perform emergency COVID-related duties. However, considering the upcoming board examinations, the Delhi Government has decided to commence special classes, including practical examinations, pre-board examinations for class 10 and 12 students from January 18,” the minister said.
Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s
education minister, further directed that discretion is necessary in summoning the services of the teachers so that
education activities, which the teachers are originally mandated to discharge, are not seriously disrupted.
“Our teachers are providing online support to students of all classes–KG to class 12–and engaging with their parents on regular basis. Therefore, going forward, discretion is necessary in summoning the services of the teachers so that
education activities, which the teachers are originally mandated to discharge, are not seriously disrupted.
“It has been seen that the district authorities are summoning the services of specific Teachers, Vice-Principals and Principals of the Directorate of
Education (DoE) directly without any consultation with the Directorate. Considering the importance of
education as well as the emergency related COVID duties, the district officials are directed not to summon the services of any teacher for any other administrative or field related work, other than COVID related duties,” he said.
The minister has said that if in any emergency situation the district authorities feel the necessity of deploying teachers, then prior permission from him shall be mandatory for engagement of teachers in such work.
“For COVID-related duties, the DoE also understands the collective responsibility and the services of teachers can be utilized by the district authorities, however, they shall not summon any teacher by name. They shall submit their requirement to the Directorate, which will further provide required number of teaching personnel keeping balance between academic requirement and COVID duties.
“It has been brought to my notice that about 20,000-25,000 teachers are currently posted with district authorities for COVID-related duties. Considering the importance of
education and the present status of COVID situation in Delhi, district authorities to substantially scale down the present level of deployment and direct the teachers to report back to schools for their regular duties,” the order added.
Schools in Delhi reopened on Monday for class 10 and 12 students after over 10 months of being closed in view of coronavirus.
The candidates who have appeared for the XAT 2021 can visit the official website of the XAT — xatonline.in — to check and download their results.
XAT 2021 was conducted on January 3, 2021, at various centres across the country.
The candidates can check their XAT 2021 results either from the official website or from the direct link provided below. Candidates are required to login with their XAT ID and date of birth to obtain the scorecard.
Direct link to download XAT result
How to check XAT result?
Candidates can follow the step-by-step instructions given below to check and download the XAT result.
1. Go to the official website of XAT — xatonline.in
2. On the homepage click on the link which reads “XAT Score Card”
3. It will direct to a new page of XAT website
4. You need to enter your XAT ID and date of birth to login
5. Your XAT 2021 result will be displayed on the screen
6. Download and take a print out of the same for future reference
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