Monday 20 June 2011

4 states urge HRD to relax teacher

A year after the Right of all Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act came into effect, four states — Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Manipur — have applied for relaxation of teacher qualification norms, citing lack of teacher training institutes.
Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal have already secured relaxation under Section 23 (a) of the RTE Act, which enables them to employ those without the professional qualifications — a diploma in education or a BEd — as teachers with a rider that they would acquire the qualifications within five years.
“We calculate on the basis of data in terms of demand and supply that the states seeking such relaxation submit to us. Then, we decide,” an HRD ministry official said. “Teacher training institutes are not there. But we have told the states that preference should be given to those that have the qualifications when they advertise for teaching posts. There is a rationale for teaching. Teachers need skills in pedagogic methods, so we devised this minimum qualifications requirement.”

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