U.P. seeks proposal to restore job security of 62K teachers

PRAYAGRAJ: The state government has sought a proposal from the director, secondary education, UP, to help restore the service security of around 62,000 principals and teachers of 4,512 government-aided secondary schools spread across Uttar Pradesh.

- HT Correspondent

The principals and teachers of these schools were earlier selected through the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board (UPSESSB), but the appointments were made by the managers of these institutions.

Section 21 of the Secondary Education (Service Selection Boards) Act, 1982, provides that before taking any action against the principal or the teacher of these schools, the manager needs to take approval from the UPSESSB.

This ensured that a manager could not take action at his own whims and fancies against a teacher or a principal of these institutions.

However, no such provision exists in the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission Bill passed by the state assembly on August 21, 2023, that has set up a new body overseeing the recruitments in the government-aided schools also, claim officials.