SHILLONG, NOV 25: The state government has urged the Centre to amend the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) regulations following opposition against the Supreme Court’s ruling which made the teacher eligibility test (TET) mandatory for all in-service teachers, regardless of their length of service.
“We have already directed the Advocate General to file a review petition (against the SC ruling) and more importantly we are trying to convince the central government to amend the NCTE regulations so that it will not have retrospective effect but it should effect (prospectively) only after the coming of the RTE,” education minister Lahkmen Rymbui told reporters on Tuesday.
On teachers from the state joining Delhi protests, Rymbui said he is not aware and that taking part in such agitations is being decided by the respective teacher organizations
He reiterated the government efforts to protect teachers’ services saying, “The state government is trying as much as possible to see that whatever order given by any authority which affect the services of the teachers, it should not be retrospective, it should be prospective.”
“Having said that, as of now the judgment of the Supreme Court which mandated that TET is the essential criteria, that stands,” Rymbui said while announcing that the government will abide by the court’s ruling.
When asked about progress on the review petition, Rymbui said, “We have already decided and the AG is working on it. Necessary documents are in process.”
“The AG must have already filed it but I have not asked him but a decision has been taken and instruction has been given (to file a review petition against the SC ruling),” he stated.
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