Editor,
I wish to draw attention to an important concern of the ISSE (Integrated Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) teachers. Though the ISSE teachers are already serving in the Education Department and engaged in teaching duties, they are excluded from applying under the in-service option for PGT recruitment. At present, this facility is extended only to regular employees.
Due to this exclusion, many ISSE teachers who have crossed the upper age limit are deprived of the chance to sit for departmental examinations, despite their long years of contribution to education. This situation is unfair and demoralising.
I request the authorities concerned to kindly include ISSE teachers in the in- service category for PGT, and in the future, for TGT posts. I also appeal to the president of the ISSE Teachers’ Association to take up this matter, so that equal opportunities are ensured.
Anonymous