Express News Service
DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, where thousands of teachers, from department officials to ministers and the chief minister, keep recommending transfers to schools in accessible areas, there are over 300 such teachers in the state who have been rendering their services in the state’s schools in difficult and extremely inaccessible areas for the last 20 or more years.
According to sources in the education department, “501 lecturers and 1253 assistant teachers in the department have been shifted from inaccessible areas to accessible areas. While 431 lecturers and 467 assistant teachers were compulsorily transferred from easy to inaccessible”. Apart from this, 421 teachers of LT in Garhwal division and 257 teachers in Kumaon division were transferred on their request, while 327 lecturers were transferred in both divisions.
In an exclusive conversation with , Ghanshyam Dhoundiyal, headmaster of Syuni Malli, a primary school in Chamoli district, said, “I have been volunteering to serve in a remote school for the past 23 years.” According to Principal Dhoundiyal, he got the opportunity to be promoted to the post of Assistant Teacher LT twice, but he gave up the promotion, which has instilled confidence in the people of the area.
“Headmaster Ghanshyam Ghildiyal has so much attachment and love for the remote area that this school became his workplace, turning down his promotion not once but twice for the future of the children, it is an example for those who shy away from going to the inaccessible,” the school children believe.
Satish Ghildiyal, an assistant teacher of Junior High School Akhandwali Bhilang in Dehradun Raipur block, has been in a remote school since his appointment in the department. “On January 8, 1996, the first appointment was made at the remote primary school Syalkhal block Nainidanda in Pauri district, while at present I am serving at junior high school Akhandwali Bhilang since 2005. “I want my retirement from school in a ‘remote area, I want every child in the hills to get a quality education and not have to go to the metros’,” Ghildiyal said.
Sanjay Chauhan, who works in various districts as an education motivator in Garhwal, told this newspaper, “In the hilly areas, the teachers who are deeply concerned about the students here are giving up their comforts and are serving even in difficult circumstances”. “They prefer schools in remote areas rather than accessible schools. These teachers have considered serving in the education sector for the future of children as their work and purpose of life”, Chauhan added.
Uttarakhand Director General of Education Banshidhar Tiwari told this newspaper, “There are more than 300 such teachers in the department, who had requested them to stay in schools in inaccessible areas, in view of this, these teachers were replaced by other teachers who were easily transferred”.
According to departmental sources, “Despite teachers being transferred under the Transfer Act, many teachers are still making rounds of the department for amendments, recommending from MLA to minister.” The Transfer Act provides for action against teachers who go for recommendations for their transfer.
DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand, where thousands of teachers, from department officials to ministers and the chief minister, keep recommending transfers to schools in accessible areas, there are over 300 such teachers in the state who have been rendering their services in the state’s schools in difficult and extremely inaccessible areas for the last 20 or more years.
According to sources in the education department, “501 lecturers and 1253 assistant teachers in the department have been shifted from inaccessible areas to accessible areas. While 431 lecturers and 467 assistant teachers were compulsorily transferred from easy to inaccessible”. Apart from this, 421 teachers of LT in Garhwal division and 257 teachers in Kumaon division were transferred on their request, while 327 lecturers were transferred in both divisions.
In an exclusive conversation with , Ghanshyam Dhoundiyal, headmaster of Syuni Malli, a primary school in Chamoli district, said, “I have been volunteering to serve in a remote school for the past 23 years.” According to Principal Dhoundiyal, he got the opportunity to be promoted to the post of Assistant Teacher LT twice, but he gave up the promotion, which has instilled confidence in the people of the area.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
“Headmaster Ghanshyam Ghildiyal has so much attachment and love for the remote area that this school became his workplace, turning down his promotion not once but twice for the future of the children, it is an example for those who shy away from going to the inaccessible,” the school children believe.
Satish Ghildiyal, an assistant teacher of Junior High School Akhandwali Bhilang in Dehradun Raipur block, has been in a remote school since his appointment in the department. “On January 8, 1996, the first appointment was made at the remote primary school Syalkhal block Nainidanda in Pauri district, while at present I am serving at junior high school Akhandwali Bhilang since 2005. “I want my retirement from school in a ‘remote area, I want every child in the hills to get a quality education and not have to go to the metros’,” Ghildiyal said.
Sanjay Chauhan, who works in various districts as an education motivator in Garhwal, told this newspaper, “In the hilly areas, the teachers who are deeply concerned about the students here are giving up their comforts and are serving even in difficult circumstances”. “They prefer schools in remote areas rather than accessible schools. These teachers have considered serving in the education sector for the future of children as their work and purpose of life”, Chauhan added.
Uttarakhand Director General of Education Banshidhar Tiwari told this newspaper, “There are more than 300 such teachers in the department, who had requested them to stay in schools in inaccessible areas, in view of this, these teachers were replaced by other teachers who were easily transferred”.
According to departmental sources, “Despite teachers being transferred under the Transfer Act, many teachers are still making rounds of the department for amendments, recommending from MLA to minister.” The Transfer Act provides for action against teachers who go for recommendations for their transfer.
