Students performance to decide teachers’ salary; teachers unions up in arms

Aurangabad, May 26:

If the state education department has its way, teachers from granted schools will receive a salary based on students evaluation in the State. Various teachers union are up in arms against the planning of the Education Department for a new salary system.

It may be noted the education department had set up a study group in 2019 and it submitted the report to Department a few months ago. The Education Departed floated a tender to appoint a third-party agency to conduct the test to evaluate students performance and progress.

The evaluation of teachers and school will be done on the basis of the students' performance. The teachers would get increment and other benefits based on students performance. Officers from the education department have confirmed the development.

Hearing this news, different teachers unions are angry over the planning of the Education Department.

Commenting on this, the president of Shikshak Kranti Manoj Patil said that the decision of the Government is totally wrong.

“We are against the decision. We will meet the school education minister soon to convey our feeling against the planning.

The Government should take teachers unions into confidence before making such a move. This will deter many youths from teaching jobs,” he added.

State Executive president of Maharashtra Rajya Shikshak Sanghatna (Coordination Committee) Ilhajuddin Farooqui said that how can the education department decides the students quality just on the basis of a single test.

“There are many factors which decide to students quality including atmosphere at home, surrounding and background.

The decision of the new system is aimed at reducing the salary of teachers. Just four per cent financial provision is made for education in the budget against the demand of six per cent. How the evaluation of teachers who were found surplus would be done,” he said. Farooqui demanded that the Government should reconsider the decision.