GOVERNMENT
OF WEST BENGAL
Education
Department
H. S.
Branch
No.
61-Edn(HS)/3S-27/77, Dated: Calcutta,
the 11th May, 1978
To : The
Director of Secondary Education, West Bengal.
Sub :
Sanction of whole-time teachers for the Higher Secondary Institutions in
integrated form.
Ref : His
U. O. No. 578/HS, dated 10.12.77.
The
undersigned is directed to state that the question of prescribing a new staff
pattern for the institution having new Higher Secondary Courses (Classes XI
& XII) introduced from July, 1976 has been under active consideration of
the Government.
2. Pending
formulation of the policy in this respect, the Governor is pleased to decide
that from 1.4.78 the schools having new Higher Secondary Course (Classes XI
& XII) may appoint whole-time teachers on ad-hoc basis, subject to the
following conditions :
(a) The
number of whole-time teachers to be appointed, according to requirement, should
not exceed 2 (two) in any school and the total number of schools to be covered
during the current financial year shall not exceed 900 (nine hundred).
(b) The
teachers must have the minimum qualifications prescribed by the West Bengal
Council of Higher Secondary Education.
(c) The
scale of pay of the whole-time teachers so appointed should be the same as
prescribed for teachers in Secondary Schools with comparable qualifications.
(d) The
selection and appointment of teachers will be made provisionally (on a
temporary basis) by the Managing Committee of each school subject to the
approval of the Director of Secondary Education or an Officer, not below the
rank District Inspector of Schools, authorised by him.
(e) The
teaching load for a teacher should normally be 36 periods per week (25 periods
for class-room teaching plus 11 periods for tutorial class, home task).
(i) For the
purpose of calculation of work-load 1 (one) period in the Higher Secondary
Section shall be taken to be equivalent to 1.25 times the period in the
Secondary Section (Class V to X).
(ii)
Qualified teachers on the staff of the school may be given preference in the
matter of selection and appointment and consequential vacancy may be filed up
temporarily according to the staff pattern. An M.A. for instance, serving
against a post meant for a B. A., according to the staff pattern and drawing
pay in the scale of a (Pass) graduate may be temporarily appointed, if
otherwise suitable, against one of the posts now sanctioned and consequential
vacancy may be filled up by a pass graduate.
3. The
expenditure on payment of salaries of the new teachers from 1.4.78 will be met
from grants-in-aid to each school under the Salary Deficit Scheme. The tuition
fees of the students of the Higher Secondary Section will accordingly go to the
fund of the schools and will be taken into account in calculating the amount of
grant payable under the Salary Deficit Scheme. The cases of
schools/institutions, if any, which are not covered by the Salary Deficit
Scheme may be referred to Govt, for further orders. The Grants-in-aid to be
sanctioned from the current financial year to the Higher Secondary institution
as incidental charges will be reduced proportionately and determined
separately.
4. The
charge involved will be met from the provision under the appropriate head in
the current year’s 277 Edn. (excluding Sports & Youth Welfare) Budget.
5. The
order issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide their U.O. No.
Group B 1267 dated 21.4.78.
Sd/-S. N.
Chowdhury
Deputy
Secretary.
