Uttar Pradesh: Kin of teachers who died of Covid during poll duty to get jobs

LUCKNOW: UP basic education minister Satish Dwivedi on Monday announced that dependents of those teachers who died of Covid-19 during poll duty will be accommodated as teachers in government primary schools, if they have BEd/DLED (former BTC) degree. However, those dependents who are not TET qualified but are eligible for class three posts will be accommodated even if there is no such post vacant.
Earlier, qualified dependents were retained as class four employees if they did not have TET qualification.
“Those dependents who did not possess TET qualification but were post-graduates, were given jobs as class four employees. Being a teacher, I find it derogatory to see a qualified person working as a peon, attendant and even sweeper.”
“Now, a dependent who is not TET qualified but is eligible for a clerical post, will be given a job in class three category. In case there is no such post vacant, they will be appointed on “over and above the sanctioned posts”. They will start working with us right away and when a post becomes vacant, their names will be formally entered,” Dwivedi said.
In view of growing pressure from teachers’ associations for compensation to families of teachers who lost their lives due to Covid during election duty, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had asked the State Election Commission to amend rules to ensure that the kin of a deceased get a job.
Welcoming the decision, secretary of Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, an RSS-affiliate, Shiv Shankar Singh said, “A clerical post is better than a class four job. At least people will see the families of the deceased with respect.”
The final list prepared by RSM has credentials of 1,488 teachers, including those on ad hoc basis, and employees who died in the line of duty.
Prior to the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the kin of deceased teachers who were graduates were accommodated in primary schools as teachers and while on rolls, they were provided training (BTC). After the RTE came into effect in 2011, TET became a mandatory qualification for recruitment in state-run primary and upper primary schools. Even dependents of the deceased who were graduates or post-graduates were given jobs as class four employees.