Teachers in tribal welfare (ashram) schools are government teachers by a Presidential order and common service rules should be made applicable to them along with those in the Education Department. Instead, Zilla Parishad teachers, who are not government teachers, are sought to be included in the service rules the demand for which is long-pending, Tribal Welfare Teachers Union has pointed out. In spite of being qualified, teachers in ashram schools were denied promotional opportunities to take up posts of MEOs or deputy DEOs owing to the anomaly, Union State president Regam Matsyalingam said.

Besides, though GO 233 was issued in 2013 to fill 1,319 posts, it had not materialised so far. The posts should be filled with 70 % quota for in-service teachers and 30 % with fresh recruitment, he told reporters here.

In other schools, Telugu and Hindi pandits and physical education directors were directly appointed as school assistants whereas in ashram schools Grade I and II pattern was still being followed, Visakhapatnam district president K. Ganganna Padal said.

Single teachers

While in ZP and government schools two teachers were appointed, in the Agency area of Visakhapatnam district alone 680 schools continue to function with single teachers.

Also implementing GO No. 3, non-tribal teachers should be shifted to plain areas thereby providing employment to the tribal unemployed, they said.

While the teacher, student ratio should be 1:30, it was now 1:40 and only appointment of more teachers would improve it, they pointed out. Appointment of regular ANMs in all ashram schools to take care of the health problems of students and provision of security at girls schools would greatly improve the situation in tribal schools, they opined. State general secretary Karem Ranga Rao and organising secretary Bhavaraju Appa Rao were present.

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Ashram school teachers seek fair deal - The Hindu