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Core subject teachers allege neglect

Staff Reporter

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They claim non-implementation of government order

They say many teachers are facing job loss

Teachers form organisation, threaten legal action

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Kozhikode: A group of core subject teachers facing threat of job loss, due to an alleged failure of the authorities to adhere to a government order that "promised to secure their job", is planning to move the court.
The teachers recently formed an organisation, Core Subject Teachers Co-ordination (CSTC), to highlight their cause.
They said a number of core subject teachers with more than ten years of service across the State were facing threat to their job because of the official "indifference" towards them.
They said the "uncertainty" started when the government issued an order on January 7, 2002, directing school authorities to appoint teachers qualified in English for handling English language teaching in high school classes.
Subject ratio
Until then, the core subject (science, maths and social studies) teachers themselves were handling English language in schools and the subject ratio was 1:1:1.
When English was accommodated as a core subject, the subject ratio became 1:1:1:1 making recruitment of English language teachers compulsory.
This resulted in a lot of other core subject teachers becoming redundant.
CSTC secretary P.M. Sreejesh said the government order in 2002 had assured security of job to those who entered the service before 2002. Clause 3(a) of the order (11/02), according to him, has clearly said that this should be done "without causing retrenchment to the existing HSAs."
Mr. Sreejesh pointed out that despite this "protecting" clause in the order, hundreds of core subject teachers were facing threat to their job.
"Salary of more than 25 teachers has been withheld since 2005 in the Malabar region alone and many more are facing the threat," he said.
Memorandum
CSTC members said the DPI had sent a letter to the government secretary asking to act upon this issue. "But so far, no confirmation has been issued and uncertainty looms large on our future," they said.
An executive committee meeting of the CSTC on Thursday decided to bring the issue to the notice of other teachers' organisations.
It also decided to submit a memorandum to the DPI, government secretary and the Education Minister after the election. "We are also planning to move the court if none of these yield a result," said Mr. Sreejesh.

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