Govt teachers asked to resume duty on June 15 in Chandigarh

Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 9

The UT Education Department today allowed principals of all government and aided schools to call 25 per cent teachers of the total strength to join duty at their respective schools from June 15.

The formal orders have been communicated to all principals and school heads.

Education dept mulls TV/radio options

Teachers have been told not to carry out regular classroom teaching in the school and no student shall be called to the school. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director, School Education, said, “For students who do not have access to the online medium, the department is mulling over options such as TV/radio. Physical classrooms may also be readied as per local conditions.”

The teachers have been called for supplementing online teaching, new admission of students, PISA preparedness and planning for conduct of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams and other works related to academic, administrative and infrastructural issues of the school.

As per the plan of the Education Department, teachers will be called on a rotational basis. However, teachers residing in containment zones will not be called for duty. Also, teachers suffering from old age health problems or with comorbidities or pregnancy shall not be called to school. They will work from home as per the instructions from respective school heads and any teacher can be called for any urgent work to school.

The Education Department has directed school heads to ensure that no teaching or non-teaching staff come to school either without properly covering his or her face with a mask or cloth piece or with symptoms of cough or fever.

Panel to suggest plan for re-opening of schools

The principals or school heads have also been instructed to constitute a small committee of senior teachers by including members of School Management Committee (SMC), area councillor and parents of students to suggest a plan for re-opening of schools. The suggestions of the committee will be sent to the DEO office before June 22 for further implementation.