The Karnataka State D.Ed College Association has urged the Department of Primary and Secondary Education to ensure that private schools hire only qualified staff.
This is one of the demands of the association that boycotted the evaluation of answer-scripts of the D.Ed examination on Saturday.
Recently, the Karnataka Education (Second Amendment) Act, 2017, was amended to ensure private schools affiliated to the State board that appoint teachers without the right qualification or failed to display their names and education status in a prominent place in the institution would have to cough up a fine of up to ₹5 lakh.
The association also demanded that PU commerce students who study a computer science combination be allowed to pursue D.Ed as they are currently being denied this opportunity.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka State Government First Grade College Guest Lecturers’ Association demanded the State government continue the services of guest lecturers who worked in the 2016-17 academic year for the next year.
B. Rajashekar Murthy, honorary president, said if the demand for guest lecturers was less this year, they should be recruited based on seniority and age. 13,458 guest lecturers were appointed in the previous academic year.
Mr. Murthy also said that there was a need for the State government to appoint an expert committee to look into their grievances. One of their demands was receiving a salary of ₹25,000.
If their demands were not met, they plan to stage a protest in front of the residence of Basavaraj Rayaraddi, Higher Education Minister on July 4.
A department official has said that are set criteria for the appointment of guest lecturers. This criteria includes marks secured by the candidates in their final examinations, seniority, and clearance of competitive exams such as NET or SLET.
