Inside eight days after the Bihar authorities opened a recent window for academics needing switch resulting from some urgent points, over 33,000 functions have up to now been acquired by the schooling division and the quantity may rise additional.
33,000 academics request switch in Bihar: Edu dept
The quantity had crossed 2.6-lakh a few months in the past earlier than the coverage was scrapped and now with simply six days left for submitting functions, the lesser variety of claimants has made issues simple for the division.
The division had requested academics to use afresh throughout December 1-15 in view of rising demand from sure sections of academics, who weren’t pleased with the embargo on all transfers and had their very own causes for this.
The division’s recent notification for switch resulting from urgent points got here after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on November 20 introduced that lakhs of college academics appointed since 2006 by way of Panchayati Raj establishments (PRIs) and concrete native our bodies (ULBs) would stay at their current locations of posting even after getting the standing of presidency workers upon efficiently clearing the competency checks.
Further Chief Secretary S Siddharth stated that out of a complete of 545,182 academics, the variety of functions for switch resulting from numerous causes acquired was 33,227 until December 8, whereas it has crossed 2.6-lakh inside just a few days the final time functions had been sought.
“In the order of preference in transfer, the first priority is for those suffering from incurable diseases (like cancers), and that number is 163, followed by 456 suffering from critical illness, 1,522 specially abled and 290 suffering from autism/or specially mentally abled. Besides, there are 216 applications from widow or divorced teachers, 2919 seeking transfer on the basis of posting of spouse at some other place.
“However, the maximum 27,661 teachers have sought transfer due to the distance of present place of posting from the desired place. We will look into all the requests in order of preference,” he added.
Siddharth stated that the method would start quickly after the final date for receiving functions wants to provide new posting to those academics within the order of desire, with probably the most needy getting the primary precedence.
“Now we know how many teachers really need transfer and we will do it accordingly. We don’t expect any big change in the number in the coming 4-5 days. The numbers are manageable and it can be practically done with the help of software,” he added.
The schooling division had lastly come out with its switch and posting coverage in October for the varsity academics, a requirement that had remained on the again burner for over a decade and the method was to start in December, but it surely was later placed on maintain and the coverage was scrapped.