Teachers not getting appointments due to certification authority lapse
It is alleged that the Non-govt Teachers Registration and Certification Authority
has selected teachers for
instts having no vacant posts
HARUN UR RASHID
A number of teachers, who were selected by the Non-Government Teachers Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) a couple of months ago, has not yet got their appointments in different educational institutions due to alleged callousness and mismanagement of NTRCA.
Muhammad Saydul Islam, who had been selected by the NTRCA as assistant teacher in English for Rupdhan Kakchira Nesaria Dakhil Madrassah in Patharghata upazila in Barguna district, has been running from the madrasa to the education ministry, but all his efforts have been in vain.
Sangida Sharmin, Sirazul Islam and Abul Kalam Ajad were selected as lecturers in Psychology, Zoology and Management in the Abdul Karim Degree College. However, the college authorities are not giving them appointments as the college has got the Prime Ministers approval for nationalisation. They have been running from door to door in the education ministrys office without success. Hundreds of such teachers have levelled allegations of callousness and ineptitude against the NTRCA.
When I went to the madrassa, I wasnt allowed to join. The authorities said two teachers had already been appointed in Social Science against the organogram. If a new teacher is appointed, he/she wouldnt be on the monthly payroll. Then I went to the upazila education office, but nothing has been done. Finally, I lodged a complaint with the education ministry, Saydul Islam told The Independent.
Hazrat Ali, the madrasa superintendent, said, A list of vacant posts was sent to the NTRCA by mistake. If the NTRCA appoints him, he will not be on the monthly payroll. I have informed the upazila education officer. Weve also informed the NTRCA in writing and sent an e-mail, but the NTRCA has selected Saydul and put his name in its second list. The NTRCA has to take the responsibility.
NTRCA sources said at least 12,619 teachers were selected against vacant posts in different non-government educational institutions across the country in November. The education minister had also directed that appointments be given to these teachers within a month. But, till yesterday, hundreds of teachers could not join.
The aggrieved teachers are blaming the NTRCA officials for their suffering.
There are allegations that the NTRCA has selected teachers for the educational institutions even though there are no vacant posts. Male teachers had been appointed against womens quota through corruption, the teachers alleged. When these teachers went to the NTRCA office to lodge complaint, they could not enter as the main gate of the office was closed.
On November 2, the education ministry sent a letter to the director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education about the matter.
The letter enquired whether the teachers selected by the NTRCA can be appointed through an ad hoc committee; and, if so, whether the selected teachers could be recruited in the educational institutions even when cases have been filed against the managing committees. The letter also enquired whether the principal/headmaster/superintendent can appoint these teachers as the member secretary, the letter said.
Moreover, the letter wanted to find out whether the teachers can be appointed to the non-government educational institutions that are barred from appointing them as these institutions have got the PMs approval for nationalisation, it added.
Later, the education ministry issued a circular on November 14, saying that the teachers selected by the NTRCA have to be given appointments within a month, and the managing committees of the respective educational institutions would take steps to ensure their appointment.
But if there is no managing committee or if the committee is beset with problems, the heads of the educational institutionsunder the direction of the NTRCAwould issue appointment letters. When the managing committee will be formed, these teachers will get approval with retrospective effect.
The ministry also directed the educational institutions to take necessary steps to form managing committee immediately if there is no such committee.
The ministry, however, did not give any directive about the educational institutions that have got approval for nationalisation.
As a result, Rikta Khatun, Lutfa Khatun, Sabina Yesmin and Ashma Islamselected as lecturers in Physics, Bengali, Geography and Environmental Science and Economics respectivelyin Manda Momin Shahana Degree College, Natore, could not join as the college has got approval for nationalisation.
They said they had lodged complaints with the education ministry, secretary and the NTRCA chairman. They said they would go to court to seek justice.
The additional secretary of the education ministry, AKM Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan, said stern action would be taken against the educational institutions that are not giving appointments in accordance with the ministrys directives. About the educational institutions undergoing the process of nationalisation, he said that a meeting has been called on Sunday, and necessary steps would be taken soon at the next meeting. NTRCA member Humayun Kabir said, We dont have the authority to appoint anybody. Weve selected teachers against the vacant posts. If any educational institution places wrong demands, that is its
responsibility. However, we would send a list of the educational institutions that have sent us wrong demands.
