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Leaders of the Forum of Registered Teacher Organisations (FORTO) person expressed interest implicit the implementation of the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualification request for in-service teachers and announced a phased agitation programme to reason the move.
The contented was discussed extensively astatine the organisation’s enforcement committee gathering held connected Friday, during which respective resolutions were adopted.
The relation urged the State authorities to exempt teachers appointed earlier 2001 from the TET requirement, citing the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) clarification issued successful 2017. It besides demanded that teachers recruited earlier the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act should not beryllium required to wide the TET examination. The organisation called upon the State authorities to property the Centre to amend the RTE Act done Parliament to code the issue.
FORTO leaders further urged the State authorities to invoke the powers disposable nether Article 309 of the Constitution to guarantee that the TET qualification is not made mandatory for teachers appointed earlier 2010.
As portion of its agitation plan, the organisation conducted consciousness seminars successful districts crossed the State connected Saturday and said the programme would proceed connected Sunday. Placard demonstrations volition beryllium held connected June 15 and 16, portion representations volition beryllium submitted to Members of Parliament from June 20, seeking amendments to the RTE Act.
The organisation besides announced the assignment of D. Srinu arsenic moving president and M. Srinivasa Rao arsenic moving wide secretary.
