Kindergarten classes begin in 122 govt schools across district
Jan 22, 2019, 00:18 ISTCoimbatore: The school education department on Monday started kindergarten sections in 122 government schools in the district amid opposition from grade-II teachers who were transferred to handle KG sections.
Children aged three and four years, who were enrolled in anganwadis, were brought to middle schools in the vicinity for LKG and UKG classes. In the city, around 36 middle schools began kindergarten classes on Monday.
However, surplus grade-II government schoolteachers who were transferred to handle LKG and UKG classes in these middle schools did not report for work on Monday, said sources from the school education department.
Representatives of teachers’ associations said the transferred teachers had not accepted the transfer orders as they feel it was like demotion. The teachers have been calling to recruit teachers to handle LKG and UKG specifically.
In schools where transferred teachers did not report, school education officials had asked the junior-most teacher from the school to handle the classes. When contacted, Coimbatore chief education officer P Ayyannan said in case of transferred teachers not reporting for work, they would make other teachers from the school handle classes so that the classes go on uninterrupted.
However, representatives of teachers’ associations said this could not be a permanent solution to the issue. State information and communication secretary of Tamil Nadu Post Graduate Teachers Association (TNPGTA) V M Michaelraj said as government teachers are going on an indefinite strike from Tuesday, there would be no personnel even to substitute.
Meanwhile, surplus teachers from government-aided schools who had been put in deputation in some middle schools to handle LKG and UKG classes, reported for work on Monday.
When TOI visited the Government Middle School at Vetterban Pettai, Poo Market, the KG class was in progress with 11 students. Two teachers from a government-aided school who were deputed to handle the KG classes were present. Teachers said while nine kids were brought in from a nearby anganwadi, two of them were new admissions.
“We would soon group the kids into LKG and UKG based on their age and one teacher each would handle a class,” said a teacher from the school.
Children aged three and four years, who were enrolled in anganwadis, were brought to middle schools in the vicinity for LKG and UKG classes. In the city, around 36 middle schools began kindergarten classes on Monday.
However, surplus grade-II government schoolteachers who were transferred to handle LKG and UKG classes in these middle schools did not report for work on Monday, said sources from the school education department.
Representatives of teachers’ associations said the transferred teachers had not accepted the transfer orders as they feel it was like demotion. The teachers have been calling to recruit teachers to handle LKG and UKG specifically.
In schools where transferred teachers did not report, school education officials had asked the junior-most teacher from the school to handle the classes. When contacted, Coimbatore chief education officer P Ayyannan said in case of transferred teachers not reporting for work, they would make other teachers from the school handle classes so that the classes go on uninterrupted.
However, representatives of teachers’ associations said this could not be a permanent solution to the issue. State information and communication secretary of Tamil Nadu Post Graduate Teachers Association (TNPGTA) V M Michaelraj said as government teachers are going on an indefinite strike from Tuesday, there would be no personnel even to substitute.
Meanwhile, surplus teachers from government-aided schools who had been put in deputation in some middle schools to handle LKG and UKG classes, reported for work on Monday.
When TOI visited the Government Middle School at Vetterban Pettai, Poo Market, the KG class was in progress with 11 students. Two teachers from a government-aided school who were deputed to handle the KG classes were present. Teachers said while nine kids were brought in from a nearby anganwadi, two of them were new admissions.
“We would soon group the kids into LKG and UKG based on their age and one teacher each would handle a class,” said a teacher from the school.
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