The state government has notified that there will be no total bifurcation of higher secondary school from elementary and secondary school under school education department as decided by the state cabinet at its meeting on April 25,2017. The cabinet decision came close on the heels of the recommendations of the high powered committee over demand for total bifurcation of higher secondary school from elementary and secondary school.
A notification issued by the principal secretary to the state government, FP Solo, however, stated that that HMs and AHMs in composite GHSS would be redeployed by way of transfer and cessation of posting in composite schools in phase-wise manner.
It stated that the primary teachers under the school education department would be included in the department’s service rules, and that 30% of the total vacancy of graduate teacher posts would be reserved for promotion from amongst qualified primary teachers (PTs) out of the total vacancy in a calendar year. The existing deputy district education officers (DDEOs), the notification said would be re-designated and re-deployed under various capacities and functions as deemed necessary and that with the right sizing function from the directorate level.
Further, it stated that the existing 11 assistant director and 26 sub-divisional education officer (SDEO) posts would be upgraded to the rank of deputy director. The SDEO would be in the level of deputy director, the notification stated.
It has been notified that limited departmental examination for appointment to Nagaland State School Education Service to be conducted by the NPSC would be introduced.
Out of the total vacancies of JEO/AHM posts, 40% would be filled up through this examination and 60% through promotion from amongst the senior graduate teachers. PTs who are graduates with B.Ed, Graduate Teachers with B.Ed and Post Graduate Teachers (PGT) with B.Ed would be eligible for the proposed examination, provided that they have completed five years of service.
The notification also pointed out that the total length of minimum qualifying years would be reduced from 42 years to 29 years for secondary teachers (graduate teachers) and from the existing 34 years to 29 years for higher secondary teachers (Post Graduate Teachers) for promotion to the level of director. (See table A & B)
The state government has also decided that 11 SDEO posts would be created for those 11 Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) headquarters where there were no SDEOs.
It stated that the supporting staff for establishing of those SDEOs would be brought in through re-deployment of junior education officers (JEOs), area education officers (AEOs) and realisation of the ministerial staffs in the district.
Graduate teacher posts falling vacant during the freezing period would be converted into Maths and Science graduate teacher posts to meet the shortage of Maths and Science teachers in the state.
All vacant posts of GT after the complete conversion to Maths and Science post would be recruited through departmental recruitment board, it stated.
Meanwhile, the state government has decided that the Government High Schools (GHSs) with nil results for three consecutive years would be downgraded.
The department of school education would initiate immediate necessary action to complete the necessary formalities for implementing the decision of the cabinet within six months from the date of issue of this notification, it stated.
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