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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Buried in plantation targets, school teachers in Rajasthan say govt ordered drive 'impractical'
Jodhpur, Schools in Rajasthan face an unlikely challenge at the beginning of the new session: teachers and students are both tasked with ensuring that they meet daily and ultimately monthly targets of an aggressive government-ordered plantation drive. Buried in plantation targets, school teachers in Rajasthan say govt ordered drive 'impractical' Under the Hariyalo Rajasthan - Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Mission, the state's education minister, Madan Dilawar, has directed the planting of 25 crore saplings between July 10 and August 10. According to the order, every student up to upper primary classes has to plant 10 saplings per day, while students in the primary level have a target of 15 plants per day, and teachers have to plant 15 saplings per day. "Does it sound practical by any means?" asked a principal of a senior secondary school in Jodhpur's suburban area. "Plantation is the need of our time, but such a daunting target and pressure to achieve it does not make any sense and affects the routine work," she said, adding that most schools do not have a place for plantation at all. This affects routine school work and affects admissions, given that it is harder to convince parents to send their children to school. Besides, the schools have to upload the entire activity, from digging to planting the sapling, on an app provided to the teachers, according to the order. Teachers are also concerned about finding a spot to dig a pit, arranging the plants, and then ensuring that the plants survive, all without dedicated financial provision. The availability of plants in such large numbers in government nurseries is also an area of concern. A teacher from a senior secondary school in the city also questioned the order's "practicality", and asked where schools in urban areas will find enough places for such a plantation drive. Media in-charge of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh , Kalu Ram, asked whether the teachers are supposed to run the school and teach or be seen running around digging pits and planting trees. "Many important aspects have been overlooked in this drive, and in the absence of judicious planning, this entire exercise will miserably fall short of purpose," he added. He further expressed concern that school staff will struggle to convince parents, many of whom are already disinterested in sending their children to government schools. Environmentalist and plantation crusader Ram Niwas Budhnagar attributed the order to an attempt at self-praise and said the order was a "mockery" of environmental concern and "exploitation" of teachers. Environmentalist and plantation crusader Ram Niwas Budhnagar attributed the order to an attempt at self-praise. "This order is absolutely impractical and arbitrary, which would derail the school's routine function at this time," he said. Budhnagar said the government could instead have chosen those who were already engaged in plantation work, given their expertise and access to resources. Under the central government's Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign, people plant trees in the name of their mothers — a symbolic gesture to honour their role in nurturing life while addressing the need for environmental preservation. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers to be posted in Eng-medium schools before July 1
Jaipur: To fill vacant posts in the state's Mahatma Gandhi English-medium schools, the school education department issued orders Thursday asking teachers to submit their district preference by 5pm on June 29 on the Shala Darpan portal. For appointment to vacant posts in English-medium schools, a special selection exam was conducted in Aug last year, but postings have not yet been given. "As per instructions of the chief minister, the operation of all the Mahatma Gandhi English-medium govt schools currently running is to be continued in the session 2025-26, and teachers are to be selected and posted through the above special selection process before the commencement of the session (July 1, 2025) so that the teaching-learning process can be conducted uninterruptedly," said a statement issued by the department on Thursday. Officials said teachers have to select any one district for posting and teachers who do not opt for any district will not be included or considered in the further process. Welcoming the move, general secretary of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Ekikrit), Ranjeet Meena, said, "Teachers had submitted a memorandum this week to the chief minister regarding this. Now there is hope that transfers may also start soon, which will solve the issue of lack of teachers in govt schools."
Time of India
08-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers to be posted in Eng medium schools ‘within a wk'
1 2 J aipur: In a meeting with govt school teachers held Sunday, officials said allotment of English-medium schools in every district for teachers will be completed within one week. After recruitment in Aug last year, selected candidates have been waiting for postings in English-medium schools. Teachers, under the banner of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Rashtriya), held talks with the education secretary and the director of secondary education regarding 25 points. In the meeting, consensus was reached on many demands, including giving posting to teachers in Mahatma Gandhi English Medium Govt schools within a week and Vivekananda Model Schools this month. Along with this, officials agreed to work on removing salary discrepancies, reducing the burden of non-educational work of teachers, and holding district-level educational conferences in Sept and state-level educational conferences in Nov. Ramesh Chandra Pushkarna, president of the organisation, said, "In the meeting, many demands were put forward, including starting Balvatika in 19,500 schools and keeping a minimum of 5 posts of Grade-II category teachers intact, including Hindi, English, and Social Science, in the new staffing pattern for secondary education. Along with this, discussions were held on filling 15,000 out of 38,000 new posts as per the staffing pattern in this session itself. " On the transfer of teachers, education secretary Krishna Kunal said it will be started as soon as the chief minister gives permission. In the meeting teachers also raised the issue of difficulty in mandatory Aadhaar and Jan Adhaar verification for generating APAAR IDs of students along with other schemes in rural areas. An agreement was reached on organizing time-bound camps at the district level to resolve such problems.
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers demand probe into removal of religious symbols
Jaipur: Govt school teachers under the banner of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Rashtriya) have written to chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, demanding an inquiry into the removal of religious and cultural symbols from the Shiksha Sankul premises. A delegation of teachers met the director of state open school, Ashish Modi, Tuesday, who assured that an investigation will be conducted into this teachers alleged that posters and images of Hindu deities, displayed at the Rajasthan State Open School building to mark the Hindu New Year—also observed as Rajasthan Foundation Day—were taken down and discarded, hurting the religious sentiments of staff and teachers."Inspired by the chief minister's historic announcement to celebrate the Hindu New Year as Rajasthan Foundation Day on Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, the staff decorated the building with stickers and posters featuring Lord Brahma, Lord Shri Ram, the 'Om' symbol, Varunavatar, Saint Jhulelal, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Maharishi Gautam, Sikh Guru Angad Dev Ji, and Sangh founder Dr Hedgewar," said Mahendra Lakhara, general secretary of the Pushkarna, state president of the association, said that images of Hindu gods are being removed, while there is a 'namaz room' in Rajasthan Madarsa Board Bhawan, which is in the Shiksha Sankul on Monday, Satish Gupta, OSD to education minister Madan Dilawar, said the matter would be investigated.
