Haryana cabinet approves draft teachers transfer policy

If things go according to plan, no male teacher below the age of 50 years will be posted in an all-girls school in Haryana.
The Haryana Cabinet today approved the Draft Teachers Transfer Policy of School Education Department which also mentions pooling in of retired teachers to avoid concentration of teachers in some schools.
As per the draft policy, all the government schools are being categorised into seven zones for the purpose of transfer of teachers and allotment of vacancy will be determined on the basis of a total score of 78 points earned on various factors with age having the maximum weightage of 58 points.

Teachers belonging to categories like women, women headed households, widows, widowers, differently-abled persons, serious ailment and teachers showing improvement in results will be provided a maximum 20 points.
The cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar approved the policy which chalks out an equitable, demand-based deployment of teachers and school-heads in a fair and transparent manner.
Teachers will be asked to select the zones in order of their preference across districts. They will further opt sufficient number of schools in order of preference within each zone so that their claim could be considered against multiple vacancies within a zone, an official release said.

If a teacher opts for posting anywhere in the state and is thereafter posted in a school in Morni Hills area or Mewat district against a vacancy, for which no teacher has opted, he or she will be paid additional 10 per cent of the Basic Pay plus Dearness Allowance during the said posting.

The option of zone will be taken once in the whole career of a teacher and can only be changed under the provisions of this policy, the release said.
Teachers joining for the first time on direct recruitment or promotion will also be asked to give their option of zone.

The teachers who are members of State Cadre and District Cadre are liable to be transferred anywhere in the state and anywhere in the district respectively, at any point of time.