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State plans CET for teachers
By Our Special Correspondent
BANGALORE, FEB. 7. High school teachers will hereafter be recruited only on the basis of their performance in a common entrance test (CET), the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, H. Vishwanath, said here today.
Primary school teachers were selected by means of a CET this year, but the recruitment process was stayed by an interim order of the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT) following petitions filed by some who were in favour of the continuation of the earlier system of recruitment based on merit and roster. Action was being taken to get the stay vacated as soon as possible, Mr. Vishwanath said.
The Government, in its statement before the KAT, however took the stand that such a test was necessary to ensure recruitment of good teachers. While 70 marks will be awarded in the CET, 20 marks will be awarded based on the candidate's performance in the B.Ed. examination, and 10 marks will be awarded based on the performance in the degree course, he said.
Mr. Vishwanath told presspersons, who met him, that this year applications had been invited from eligible candidates to fill 2,050 posts of high school teachers on a division-wise basis. About 890 teachers had been selected but there were instances of the same applicant being selected in more than one division and in a number of subjects.
Regarding the difficulty being faced by the students in getting admissions even to the first standard, Mr. Vishwanath said it was proposed to introduce a CET for admissions on a trial basis in Bangalore. There were rules to the effect that 25 per cent of the seats in a school should be reserved for children from the neighbourhood but it had not been implemented effectively.
He said the Government had permitted 300 schools to start English-medium classes from the sixth standard onwards.
The minister said a Cabinet sub- committee had recommended that permission be granted to start 60 TCH colleges in science subjects to reduce the donation menace in the existing colleges. There were about 600 applications of which 300 fulfilled the prescribed conditions. The Government had received a deposit of Rs. three crores. The list of these colleges would be sent to the Chief Minister for clearance.
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