Patna: The newly-appointed government schoolteachers are going through hard times these days. Even as they were considered as the lucky ones to have got the much prized “sarkari naukri”, most of them have been working without salary ever since they joined. “I left the teaching job of a reputed private school, which was paying me Rs 10,000 per month, to join a government school on a salary of Rs 7,000 per month because it was a government job. For the last three months, I have not received my salary. Luckily, my husband has a job and we are able to make our both ends meet. But think about others,” said Mona, a teacher of mathematics at a government secondary school in the city. The announcement of the Nitish government last year to appoint 2.36 lakh teachers in government schools came as a big relief to the aspirants to the post. It even attracted qualified persons who were employed in private schools or private companies at higher pay packages than what the state government was offering. “Everybody told us that it was a ‘sarkari’ job, even if it is on contract basis. After all, it was a contract till the age of retirement,” said another crestfallen, newly-appointed teacher. “It is extremely humiliating and demoralising. I joined on January 16 and am still working without salary. Despite a job, I still have to depend on my parents for daily expenses,” said Arun Kumar, a newly-appointed teacher in the plus two section of a government school in Rajendra Nagar area. However, the influx of fresh blood is showing its effect on government schools. Classes are being held regularly and there is a marked improvement in the attendance of students. “We have forced the older teachers, who were not regular in taking classes, to take classes,” said Arun, stressing the state government should consider increasing the salaries of the newly-appointed teachers to keep their moral high. HRD commissioner Madan Mohan Jha conceded the payment of salaries to the newly-appointed teachers had got delayed. “The salaries have to be given through a new set-up and it is a process which takes time. But, salaries of newly-appointed teachers in primary schools have already reached the schools concerned at many places. For secondary schoolteachers, there was a technical hitch which has been overcome,” Jha said. Jha said that all the newly-appointed teachers would start getting regular payment of salary from next month. He said around 1.15 lakh teachers have already been recruited. “We will begin our second phase of recruitment after June,” Jha said. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, who holds the finance portfolio, also said the payment of salary to the newly-appointed schoolteachers will become regular from next month. “The process of appointment of teachers are at different levels in various districts and we are looking into the matter,” he said, adding the issue would be resolved soon.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
All work and no salary
19 Apr, 2007
Patna: The newly-appointed government schoolteachers are going through hard times these days. Even as they were considered as the lucky ones to have got the much prized “sarkari naukri”, most of them have been working without salary ever since they joined. “I left the teaching job of a reputed private school, which was paying me Rs 10,000 per month, to join a government school on a salary of Rs 7,000 per month because it was a government job. For the last three months, I have not received my salary. Luckily, my husband has a job and we are able to make our both ends meet. But think about others,” said Mona, a teacher of mathematics at a government secondary school in the city. The announcement of the Nitish government last year to appoint 2.36 lakh teachers in government schools came as a big relief to the aspirants to the post. It even attracted qualified persons who were employed in private schools or private companies at higher pay packages than what the state government was offering. “Everybody told us that it was a ‘sarkari’ job, even if it is on contract basis. After all, it was a contract till the age of retirement,” said another crestfallen, newly-appointed teacher. “It is extremely humiliating and demoralising. I joined on January 16 and am still working without salary. Despite a job, I still have to depend on my parents for daily expenses,” said Arun Kumar, a newly-appointed teacher in the plus two section of a government school in Rajendra Nagar area. However, the influx of fresh blood is showing its effect on government schools. Classes are being held regularly and there is a marked improvement in the attendance of students. “We have forced the older teachers, who were not regular in taking classes, to take classes,” said Arun, stressing the state government should consider increasing the salaries of the newly-appointed teachers to keep their moral high. HRD commissioner Madan Mohan Jha conceded the payment of salaries to the newly-appointed teachers had got delayed. “The salaries have to be given through a new set-up and it is a process which takes time. But, salaries of newly-appointed teachers in primary schools have already reached the schools concerned at many places. For secondary schoolteachers, there was a technical hitch which has been overcome,” Jha said. Jha said that all the newly-appointed teachers would start getting regular payment of salary from next month. He said around 1.15 lakh teachers have already been recruited. “We will begin our second phase of recruitment after June,” Jha said. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, who holds the finance portfolio, also said the payment of salary to the newly-appointed schoolteachers will become regular from next month. “The process of appointment of teachers are at different levels in various districts and we are looking into the matter,” he said, adding the issue would be resolved soon.
Patna: The newly-appointed government schoolteachers are going through hard times these days. Even as they were considered as the lucky ones to have got the much prized “sarkari naukri”, most of them have been working without salary ever since they joined. “I left the teaching job of a reputed private school, which was paying me Rs 10,000 per month, to join a government school on a salary of Rs 7,000 per month because it was a government job. For the last three months, I have not received my salary. Luckily, my husband has a job and we are able to make our both ends meet. But think about others,” said Mona, a teacher of mathematics at a government secondary school in the city. The announcement of the Nitish government last year to appoint 2.36 lakh teachers in government schools came as a big relief to the aspirants to the post. It even attracted qualified persons who were employed in private schools or private companies at higher pay packages than what the state government was offering. “Everybody told us that it was a ‘sarkari’ job, even if it is on contract basis. After all, it was a contract till the age of retirement,” said another crestfallen, newly-appointed teacher. “It is extremely humiliating and demoralising. I joined on January 16 and am still working without salary. Despite a job, I still have to depend on my parents for daily expenses,” said Arun Kumar, a newly-appointed teacher in the plus two section of a government school in Rajendra Nagar area. However, the influx of fresh blood is showing its effect on government schools. Classes are being held regularly and there is a marked improvement in the attendance of students. “We have forced the older teachers, who were not regular in taking classes, to take classes,” said Arun, stressing the state government should consider increasing the salaries of the newly-appointed teachers to keep their moral high. HRD commissioner Madan Mohan Jha conceded the payment of salaries to the newly-appointed teachers had got delayed. “The salaries have to be given through a new set-up and it is a process which takes time. But, salaries of newly-appointed teachers in primary schools have already reached the schools concerned at many places. For secondary schoolteachers, there was a technical hitch which has been overcome,” Jha said. Jha said that all the newly-appointed teachers would start getting regular payment of salary from next month. He said around 1.15 lakh teachers have already been recruited. “We will begin our second phase of recruitment after June,” Jha said. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, who holds the finance portfolio, also said the payment of salary to the newly-appointed schoolteachers will become regular from next month. “The process of appointment of teachers are at different levels in various districts and we are looking into the matter,” he said, adding the issue would be resolved soon.
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