New Delhi: A hearing was held on Thursday on a PIL filed in the Supreme Magistrate regarding the salary, pension and post-retirement facilities of teachers teaching in private schools. The magistrate has issued notice to the Central Government and all the states and union territories untied from the National Council for Teacher Education i.e. NCTE. The petition demands the megacosm of a uniform welfare system for private school teachers wideness the country. The next hearing of the specimen will be without four weeks.
What kind of wattle has been demanded for teachers?
The petition has asked the Center to formulate a comprehensive national policy and legal framework for private school teachers. There is a demand to include facilities like pension, provident fund, gratuity, medical aid and insurance in this. Untied from this, a suggestion has moreover been made to make a separate system to settle the complaints of teachers. The petitioner has moreover raised the issue of setting up a National Private School Teachers Welfare Board.
Who has raised this matter in the Supreme Court?
This petition has been filed by Ligimol George of Kerala. She is the National Coordinator of All India Teachers Federation. The petition filed through his lawyer Deepak Prakash said that private school teachers are a major part of the country's education system, but there is no single national system for them, which can ensure social security during service and without retirement.
How many teachers can be unauthentic by this system?
The petition has cited data from the Education Ministry's UDISE 2023-24. According to this, there are well-nigh 14.72 lakh schools in the country and increasingly than 98 lakh teachers are working. The number of students is said to be virtually 24.8 crores. Of these, 37,30,047 teachers are working in recognised private unaided schools. The petitioner says that the lack of a uniform system of welfare and social security for such a large number of teachers is a serious issue.
Why are teachers getting variegated facilities in variegated states?
The petition states that the service conditions of private school teachers largely depend on the law of the concerned state, the policies of the school management and the terms of appointment. For this reason, teachers doing similar work get variegated salaries and other facilities at variegated places. Calling this a major drawback, the petitioner has expressed the need for a uniform system in the unshortened country.
What problems do teachers squatter without retirement?
The petition claims that a large number of private school teachers retire without unobjectionable pension, medical facilities or insurance coverage. Especially teachers working in contract, temporary or other non-regular arrangements squatter increasingly problems regarding future security. It has been said in the petition that plane without working in the field of education for a long time, many teachers do not have unobjectionable financial support for their old age.
What will happen next in the Supreme Court?
A seat of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the concerned parties including the Centre, states, union territories and NCTE. The magistrate has posted the specimen for hearing without four weeks. At present, the Supreme Magistrate has not given any order to implement equal pay or pension. Further hearing will take place without the respective governments and institutions respond to the issues raised in this petition.
