Monday, January 27, 2014

NCSC slams TRB; demands ATR on failure to implement reservation policy for recruitment under TNTET

Chennai:

The National Commission for Scheduled Caste has demanded an action taken report from the state government and slammed the Teachers Recruitment Board for not implementing the provision for relaxation of minimum qualifying marks in Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test besides terming the act as “arbitrary, unjust, unlawful and against the reservation policy.’

In a letter to D Sabitha, school education secretary and Vibhu Nair, chairman of Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB), D Venkatesan, the director of NCSC demanded an Action Taken Report immediately besides seeking action against the erring officials responsible for non-implementation of reservation policy under section 4 of the Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989.

“Being a nodal agency, TRB has not allowed the school management to participate in the implementation process of a Government Order. The unilateral process of TRB appears to be against the reservation policy of Tamil nadu government,” Venkatesan said.

NCSC has demanded the ATR after general secretary of State Platform for Common School System Prince Gajendra Babu urged the director to ensure that the provision for relaxing minimum qualifying marks for the reserved category as provided in Government Order be implemented.

He said in the complaint that TRB has arbitrarily proceeded to issue call letters for candidates who have secured 60 per cent and above in TNTET held in August 2013 without providing any relaxation in minimum qualifying marks for the reserved categories.

This unilateral process of the TRB appears to be against the reservation policy of the state, he has said.

Urging the NCSC to ensure the provision is implemented for TNTET held in august 2013 as per the reservation policy of the state, he said NCSC should initiate action against the officials responsible for non-implementation of provision meant for safeguarding the welfare of SC and ST.

He had also urged the NCSC to ensure the backlog vacancies are filled separately besides ensuring that TRB modifies the vacancies categorywise before the start of all future recruitment process.

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