School faces difficulties in recruiting staff

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Aug. 6: Several secondary and higher secondary schools in Malda are facing difficulties to appoint group C and D staffs for their institution due to the objection of other job seekers.Recently, the school authorities finally started recruiting group C and D staff seeking names from employment exchange after receiving permission from the district inspector of schools but they have to stop the process of recruitment following a High Court order. Local job seekers and several local unemployed youths having failed to manage call from employment exchange for the recruitment of non-teaching staffs of secondary schools moved the High Court.Finally, the High Court asked the school authorities to carry out wide advertisement before starting the recruitment process so that maximum number of unemployed youths can avail the opportunity of a job.The school authorities had to stop the process of recruitment, which was seeking candidates from employment exchange.It may be recalled that a large number of posts for non-teaching staffs are lying vacant in several schools in many districts. The school authorities used to recruit non-teaching staffs with the approval of state authorities. Recently, the government took decision that the school authorities would be able to recruit such staffs with the permission of the district inspector of schools. The DI in Malda had given permission for recruitment of staffs in many schools before 16 July this year.It may be noted that experiencing problem of non teaching staff recruitment the state has instructed the district inspector of schools not to give permission to the schools for such recruitment.On 16 July the state has ordered all district inspectors of schools that it would frame a ‘new policy’ for the recruitment of non-teaching staffs for secondary and higher secondary schoolsThe government officials think that non-teaching staffs would be recruited through school service commission.