Atishi issues show-cause notice to DoE for 'defying' directive to halt transfer of teachers
Press Trust of India | July 3, 2024 | 10:16 PM IST | 1 min read
The minister had ordered on July 1 that no teacher should be transferred solely because he has spent more than 10 years in a particular school.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Education Minister Atishi has issued a show-cause notice to the secretary of the education department and the Directorate of Education (DoE) for allegedly defying her directive to halt the transfer of 5,000 teachers.
The minister had ordered on July 1 that no teacher should be transferred solely because he has spent more than 10 years in a particular school.
In its notice, citing Article 239AA of the Constitution, Atishi has emphasised that the elected government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi holds executive powers over matters listed in the State List and the Concurrent List. The minister has asked the secretary of the education department and the DoE why they should not face action for violating Article 239AA by disobeying her orders.
Online requests for transfer of teaching staff
A circular was issued by the DoE on June 11, titled "Online requests for transfer of teaching staff of the Directorate of Education", wherein, vide Clause 16, it was directed that all teachers who have served for more than 10 years in the same school shall compulsorily apply for transfer, failing which they will be transferred to any school by the DoE. Atishi opposed the order on June 28.
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi held a press conference at the party office here on Wednesday and vehemently criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its alleged attempts to dismantle Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's acclaimed education model in the capital.
Senior AAP leader and MLA Dilip Pandey pointed out that the ruling BJP at the Centre and the lieutenant governor (LG) are orchestrating the transfer of more than 5,000 teachers from Delhi government schools in a bid to cripple the city's education system. Pandey said Delhi's teachers are now being thrown into the political furnace of the BJP's arrogance.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Experts propose 7 spots for university townships in education ministry’s post-budget webinar
- Primary school teachers in Karnataka must serve 12 years before promotion, say new recruitment rules
- JNU, TISS Mumbai, BHU: Student unions vanish from universities with elections scrapped, councils taking over
- Students in University of Aberdeen, Mumbai, get credential exactly the same they’d get in Scotland: COO
- ‘IIMC to upgrade all journalism and mass communication courses to MA degrees, phase out PG diplomas’: VC
- Rebuilding Calcutta University: VC Ashutosh Ghosh’s priorities are recruitment, fixing finances, reforms
- PARAKH’s Foundational Learning Study 2026 to cover 1 lakh Class 3 students across 10,000 schools
- Telangana: Government Degree College Vikarabad moves out of school and into DIET campus
- ‘Shouldn’t open universities like shops’: Odisha higher education expands but students rue plummeting quality
- Dual degrees, faculty exchange: States bet on foreign university tie-ups, but fine print tells another story