Redeployment of teachers criticised
MADURAI, JANUARY 19, 2019 00:00 IST
Members of JACTTO - GEO staging a demonstration in Madurai on Friday.S. James
Hundreds of members of Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisations and Government Employees Organisations (JACTTO-GEO) staged a demonstration here on Friday against School Education Department’s move to redeploy secondary grade teachers to kindergarten classes.
Stating that the move would be equivalent to demotion of these teachers, the protesters, majority of whom were women, urged the government to drop the move and instead recruit teachers for the kindergarten.
K. Neethiraja, district coordinator, JACTTO-GEO, said that there were thousands of qualified personnel trained on Montessori method of education, who are unemployed. “They could be provided employment instead of demoting teachers,” he said.
S. Jeyarajarajeswaran, another functionary with JACTTO-GEO, alleged that the ulterior motive of the government was to close down hundreds of schools and anganwadis and promote English as the medium of instruction instead of Tamil.
Stating that the teachers were refusing to accept the redeployment orders, he said that the issue would be a key demand during the indefinite strike called by JACTTO-GEO from January 22, 2019.
MADURAI, JANUARY 19, 2019 00:00 IST
Members of JACTTO - GEO staging a demonstration in Madurai on Friday.S. James
Hundreds of members of Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisations and Government Employees Organisations (JACTTO-GEO) staged a demonstration here on Friday against School Education Department’s move to redeploy secondary grade teachers to kindergarten classes.
Stating that the move would be equivalent to demotion of these teachers, the protesters, majority of whom were women, urged the government to drop the move and instead recruit teachers for the kindergarten.
K. Neethiraja, district coordinator, JACTTO-GEO, said that there were thousands of qualified personnel trained on Montessori method of education, who are unemployed. “They could be provided employment instead of demoting teachers,” he said.
S. Jeyarajarajeswaran, another functionary with JACTTO-GEO, alleged that the ulterior motive of the government was to close down hundreds of schools and anganwadis and promote English as the medium of instruction instead of Tamil.
Stating that the teachers were refusing to accept the redeployment orders, he said that the issue would be a key demand during the indefinite strike called by JACTTO-GEO from January 22, 2019.
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