UP government earmarks Rs. 200 crores for salaries of teachers from unaided schools

The Uttar Pradesh government has earmarked Rs 200 crore for distribution among teachers of 19,000 non-government secondary schools affiliated to Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) as current year wages. However, the UP board is not yet clear about how it will distribute the funds.

According to the education department rules, the directorate of secondary education maintains records of schools, teachers and the amount that each of them is entitled to receive. Distribution of allocated funds is also the Directorates responsibility.

However, in an unexplained move the directorate, instead of approaching the finance controller, has sought the teachers' unions and MLCs to give an account of the amount outstanding and the due process of release of funds to teachers.

Director, education (secondary), Amarnath Verma, has sought suggestions from regional president, UP Vittvihin Shikshak Mahasabha, Ramveer Singh, regional president, Madhyamik Shikshak Sangh (Vittvihin) and MLC Om Prakash Sharma, MLC Chet Narayan Singh and MLC Umesh Dwidevi.

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Verma said, "The state government has made a provision for allocation of the said fund and there is no criteria for its distribution so suggestions have been invited from leaders." One of the biggest teachers' unions, Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shikshak Sangh (Thakurai faction) which had boycotted the class 10 and 12 evaluation this year, has expressed resentment over the inviting leaders for allocation of funds instead of adopting the norms. Union's state general secretary Lalmani Dwivedi said, "The directorate has invited leaders for deciding the fate of over 2 lakh teachers of 19,000 unaided schools instead of taking the departmental route. The education department is acting on its own," said Dwivedi.