‘No marriage certificate, no transfer’:Govt teachers raise concerns over new rule of education department’s; staff question sudden condition

The School Education Department’s online voluntary transfer policy is becoming a source of trouble rather than relief for teachers. Many technical difficulties are emerging in the transfer portal, preventing thousands of teachers from applying. The most trouble is being faced by teachers seeking transfer on the basis of husband-wife grounds. Teachers say that nowhere in the transfer policy was a marriage certificate mentioned as mandatory. Despite this, the portal has a condition to upload marriage registration certificate. Many teachers do not have this document, as it was never needed before. Their concern has increased further as the last date for application is June 24. Many teachers have already been excluded The government teachers’ organization says that due to conditions like mandatory 90 percent e-attendance, ban on teachers engaged in census duty, and three years of service period, a large number of teachers have already been excluded from the transfer process. Now technical problems with the portal have increased difficulties for the remaining teachers as well. Understand teachers’ main problems in 6 points Technical difficulties arising in mutual transfer Ramprakash Singh and his wife are both government employees. They want a transfer on spousal grounds, but the portal is asking for a marriage certificate. He says that complete information about the spouse is recorded in the service book, so what is the justification for asking for a separate marriage certificate. Deepak Sharnagat, a primary teacher from Jabalpur, wants to do a mutual transfer. However, the name of the teacher with whom he wants to transfer is not appearing on the portal. Due to this, his application is not getting completed. Demand to extend the last date of application Government Teachers’ Organization’s Executive State President Upendra Kaushal has demanded that the technical glitches of the portal be immediately resolved. Along with this, the last date for application should be extended so that all eligible teachers get the opportunity to apply. The organization says that if the problems are not resolved in time, a large number of teachers will be left out of the transfer process.