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Thursday, August 07, 2008 (02:54:39) |
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'Teachers suggested not to carry out party activities' |
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| Thiruvananthapuram: In a politically significant proposal, a government appointed committee has suggested that teachers in aided schools and colleges in Kerala be banned from openly functioning in political parties, as it adversely affects the academic atmosphere.
The recommendation was made by a two-member committee set up by the government to look into the functioning of unaided private schools. The committee, headed by former government secretary Sukumara Pillai, which submitted its report to state Education Minister M A Baby, suggested outright cancellation of existing orders conferring political rights to teaching and non-teaching staff in educational institutions.
Baby said that the government would act upon the recommendations only after studying the report and its implications. Teachers' unions, however, reacted sharply against the recommendation.
A K Chandran, Secretary of pro-Left Kerala State Teachers Union said, "The committee did not have competence to make suggestions on the situation in aided schools, since its brief was to look into the functioning of unaided schools." Also, teachers had contributed significantly in social and political sectors over the decades without, in any way, harming the academic atmosphere," Chandran said.
Most political parties in Kerala have teachers as active members and many of them have become MPs, MLAs and even ministers at different points of time. While teachers getting elected as MPs or MLAs have to take leave during the period they serve as legislators, this is not required in the case of those becoming members of civic bodies. (PTI) |
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