To address the shortage of teachers, the state government on Wednesday approved the post of guest teachers (migrant teachers) in government and aided schools, nearly six months after the proposal was submitted to the education ministry.
Education department officials revealed that guest teachers will be appointed to fill 15,000 posts in government primary schools and around 4,000 vacancies — 1050 in government and 2900 in grant-in-aid schools — in secondary and higher secondary schools.
Briefing media persons after the weekly cabinet meeting of the state government, Education Minister Jitu Vaghani said, “The (regular) teachers were given additional teaching assignments. But to ensure that the teaching work is not affected, the State Government has sanctioned the (post) of guest teachers. We will give appointments to guest teachers and their tenure (maximum number) has also been fixed.
“They (incoming teachers) will be able to conduct a maximum of six periods in a day with a ceiling of Rs 27,000 per month (as remuneration). And a decision in that regard has been taken by the Education Department under the guidance of the Chief Minister (CM),” Vaghani said.
Vaghani also said that detailed discussions have been held with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai and the decision will be approved very soon later.
Indian Express It was reported on 28 November that in order to address the shortage of about 4,000 secondary and higher secondary teachers in view of mass promotion, the proposal of the Education Department to sanction the post of Overseas Teacher (Guest Teacher) was pending despite the schools that were looking off COVID-19 Pandemic, being reopened.
After an analysis of the lack of resources and infrastructure as a result of massive promotions and transfer of students from private to government schools in the academic year 2021-22 by the education department, the education department has decided to recruit guest teachers for fresh recruitment of regular teachers. had considered. Faculty for secondary and higher secondary classes for both government and aided schools.
The proposal sent to the education ministry is pending since June this year, while schools have started their second semester this month.
The state government’s scheme for appointment of guest teachers in primary, secondary and higher secondary government and grant-in-aid schools was introduced through a government resolution in the academic session 2015-16 to ensure that the vacancies taken up by teachers Do not have teaching posts and long holidays. Education affected in these schools
The “Honorary Scheme” inviting guest faculties for schools was introduced in 2015 for a period of two years, but has been extended every year. The honorarium announced by the state government for primary teachers is Rs 50 per term and a maximum of six periods in a day, while for secondary and higher secondary schools it has been fixed at Rs 75 and Rs 90 respectively. The limit on the number of periods per day is the same in primary, secondary and higher secondary schools.
As per the 2015 Government Resolution, a primary, secondary and higher secondary government and grant-in-aid school can take the services of a guest teacher against the vacant seats till regular appointment or if the regular teacher avails leave for more than one month. can. , This means that the services of eligible persons from the local community or retired teachers can also be availed to fill the vacant seats.
According to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board’s (GSHSEB) class 10 results in the last two years, the additional number of students in schools due to mass promotion is around 3-3.5 lakh students.
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