STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The All Assam TET-Qualified Primary Teachers' Association has appealed to Education Minister Ranoj Pegu to discuss the App - Teachers Performance Appraisal - launched recently. The association has said that the App has sent shockwaves among lower and upper primary contractual and state pool teachers.
In a letter to the Education Minister, the association said, "The objective and rules and regulations of the App have sent a shockwave among the lower and upper primary teachers - both contractual and state pool. The system of credit (marks) to teachers for their performance seems unjust and discriminatory. It goes against the maxim - equal rights for equal work. The TET-qualified teachers have got jobs based on their qualifications and merit. Apart from imparting education, the teachers have performed other activities assigned to them by the State Government. They also obeyed government directions, performed festivals etc., to the level best of. A teacher cannot accept it at ease the system of reappraisal of his performance through performance-based credit.
"The State government seeking reappraisal of the performance of teachers under SSA (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan) at a time when other state governments are laying stress on regularization of teachers' jobs smacks of negligence to the teachers in the state. We request you to discuss with the teachers on the App regarding performance appraisal of teachers."
To make the state school administration system more efficient, effective, and transparent, Pegu launched three online applications on November 21, 2022, - Teacher Performance Appraisal, Basic Infrastructure Survey and School Inspection. The department developed the Web Application for 'Appraisal of Teachers' Performance' for the online collection of performance of TET Contractual and State Pool teachers. Teachers have to register in the portal and submit their self-appraisal report through the online web application. Head Teachers (HTs), Block Approval Authority (BAA) concerned and District Approval Authority (DAA) will assess the self-appraisal reports of the TET Contractual/State Pool teachers. At each level, the assessment will carry 50 marks, and the final assessment will have an average mark out of 150. In the case of a TET Contractual/State Pool teacher holding the charge of HT or in the case of a single teacher, the assessment will carry 50 marks at each Block and District level, and such teachers will get an average mark out of 100. The final approval will be from the State Approval Authority.
The state has 26,064 contractual teachers under SSA and 9,254 teachers under the state pool working in around 42,000 lower and upper primary schools.
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