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Complete ban on teacher transfer in Punjab

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh

Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka, in the release, said that there will be no single transfer in the department except the adjustments of those teachers, who have been declared surplus during ongoing rationalisation process.

He categorically said that no teacher should approach his office for the purpose of transfer.

The minister said the number of periods for teachers have been rescheduled under rationalisation policy.

According to new norms proposed, number of periods for a principal was six in a week and if the principal was cluster in-charge, he would be exempted from taking such periods.

Similarly, for headmasters of schools up to 500 students, the number of periods was 15, up to 1000 students 12, up to 1500 students 10 and up to 2000 students, the number of proposed periods would be 7.

 

In case of lecturers, 32 periods have been made mandatory in a week.

  

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First Published: Aug 30 2012 | 7:55 PM IST

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