‘No transparency in best state teacher awards’
Madurai:25.08.2021
School teachers in Sivagangai have alleged that there is a lack of transparency in the selection process by the district education department for nominations for the state level best teacher awards.
The state government gives Dr Radhakrishnan award to about 385 school teachers across the state. As per norms, a district level committee headed by the chief educational officer should nominate the teachers in the ratio of 1:2 towards the number of awards allotted to each district.
In Sivagangai district, around 40 teachers had submitted applications for nominations. “The district level committee generally holds interviews with the applicants to determine the nominations. This is the norm across districts. However, this time, no such interviews were held and there has been no transparency on how the nominations were selected,” said a teacher, on condition of anonymity. The teacher added that many applicants had been waiting to be called for interview. Sivagangai district CEO S Manivannan said the interviews were not conducted due to Covid safety concerns. TNN
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