After 14 years, high school teachers to be promoted to post of PU lecturers through eligibility test

After 14 years, the State authorities has taken steps to beforehand eligible authorities precocious schoolhouse adjunct teachers to the station of lecturers successful authorities Pre-University (PU) colleges done an eligibility test.

As per the Cadre and Recruitment Rules of the Pre-University Education, 75% of the lecturers successful authorities PU colleges are recruited straight done competitory examinations. The remaining 25% of the lecturer posts are filled by promoting authorities precocious schoolhouse teachers. In 2011, the State authorities promoted precocious schoolhouse teachers to the station of PU assemblage lecturers.

The precocious schoolhouse adjunct teachers who are eligible for promotion should person a BEd acquisition qualification on with a postgraduate grade and should person secured 50% marks successful their postgraduate grade successful the teaching taxable oregon 50% successful their postgraduate grade successful immoderate optional taxable studied astatine the graduation level. They should person besides completed astatine slightest 10 years of service. If a teacher who has completed 10 years of work is not available, a teacher who has 7 years of work would beryllium considered for promotion.

Eligibility trial mandatory

The State authorities has decided to behaviour an eligibility trial for 100 marks with descriptive questions. 80% of the questions volition beryllium asked successful archetypal and 2nd PU subjects, portion 20% successful the postgraduate subjects. Teachers who people astatine slightest 50% of marks volition beryllium eligible for promotion to the station of lecturer.

Till now, the authorities has been straight promoting qualified teachers connected the ground of their acquisition qualifications and seniority to the station of lecturer.

However, the precocious schoolhouse adjunct teachers person objected to the eligibility test, a archetypal successful the State. “Why is an eligibility trial that is not applicable for promotion successful immoderate different authorities section being imposed lone connected precocious schoolhouse teachers?” a teacher questioned.

“It is unscientific to suggest an eligibility trial for the promotion of PU lecturers. Most of the precocious schoolhouse teachers eligible for promotion person 10 to 20 years of experience, and it would beryllium capable if they were fixed departmental grooming aft promotion,” different teacher said.

PU Lecturers’ Association welcomes move

The Karnataka Government Pre-University College Lecturers’ Association, connected the different hand, has welcomed the government’s decision.

A.H. Ninge Gowda, president of the association, said, “All authorities recruitments are done done competitory examinations. Teaching astatine the PU level requires bully prime lecturers. For the involvement of prime education, the government’s determination to behaviour an eligibility trial is simply a bully one.”