UP govt decides to disburse salary to 69,000 assistant primary teachers
In a relief to 69,000 newly recruited assistant primary school teachers, the state government has decided to disburse their salary after taking a written undertaking of the authenticity of their educational certificates.
The basic education department has provided this alternative to expedite salary distribution without verifying the educational qualifications of the newly appointed teachers from their respective colleges.
Additional chief secretary (basic education) Renuka Kumar on Wednesday directed the director general (school education) Vijay Kiran Anand regarding speedy disbursement of salary. HT is in possession of a copy of the order.
LUCKNOW: In a relief to 69,000 newly recruited assistant primary school teachers, the state government has decided to disburse their salary after taking a written undertaking of the authenticity of their educational certificates.
The basic education department has provided this alternative to expedite salary distribution without verifying the educational qualifications of the newly appointed teachers from their respective colleges.
Additional chief secretary (basic education) Renuka Kumar on Wednesday directed the director general (school education) Vijay Kiran Anand regarding speedy disbursement of salary. HT is in possession of a copy of the order.
The relief has been given keeping in mind the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the state because of which administrative work in several universities is hampered, making it impossible to carry out verification of degrees.
The order says that the department should take the written undertaking stating that all marksheets and proof of educational qualifications submitted by the newly appointed teachers at the time of their recruitment are true.
The order further warns the newly appointed teachers of legal consequences if the proof of their educational qualifications is found fake during verification later. If found guilty of fraudulent practices, the errant teachers will be required to return the salary and perks to the state treasury without initiating legal action against the department, said Kumar in her missive.
The undertakings from teachers will be collected and sent to the secretary (basic shiksha parishad) by basic shiksha adhikaris of all districts. The secretary will keep the original undertaking and send a scanned digital copy of the document to the office of the director basic (education) for safe keeping.
Accepting the fact that there has been an inordinate delay in distributing salary to newly appointed teachers, minister of state for basic education (independent charge) Satish Chand Dwivedi said the universities were taking a lot of time in verifying marksheets of these newly recruited teachers.
“We have verified high school, intermediate and TET (teachers’ eligibility test) marksheets of the newly appointed teachers, but their graduation and B Ed marksheets are to be verified by respective universities from where they pursued the course. Due to Covid-19, universities are working with fewer staff. Hence, there’s a delay in verification of documents,” he said.
“I had expressed my displeasure over the slow pace of verification of documents for newly recruited teachers that is a hurdle in giving salaries to 69,000 assistant teachers recruited last year. I asked officials to expedite the work,” the minister said.
To expedite the process, the minister has now asked officials to take written undertakings from newly recruited teachers that if their documents are found to be fake during the verification process, then they will return the entire salary to the state exchequer without question.