Hon’ble Lt Governor Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) holds meeting with officials of School Education Dept to discuss rationalisation of posts/resource persons.

Hon’ble Lt Governor Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) holds meeting with officials of School Education Dept to discuss rationalisation of posts/resource persons.
Leh, June 28, 2024: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (DR) BD Mishra (Retd) held a meeting with officials of School Education Department at the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat to discuss the Rationalisation of Posts or Resource Person. Principal Secretary, Shri Sanjiv Khirwar, IAS; Commissioner/Secretary to the HLG, Shri L Franklin, IAS and Director, School Education Department, Shri Tsering Paldan, JKAS, were present in the meeting.
Shri Khirwar and Shri Paldan informed the HLG of the rationalisation exercise done along with steps taken to detach teaching/non-teaching staff in government schools for the benefit of students. Shri Paldan informed the HLG that 48 posts of masters were shifted to headless Govt Middle Schools with more than 20 students while the senior most teacher was given the role of head teacher in Govt Middle Schools with less than 20 students. He also informed about the current status of attachment of teaching/non-teaching staff in government schools; the principles being followed for managing teachers, masters and lecturers in government primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary schools in Ladakh; the proposed teacher-student ratio; the number of surplus teachers along with shortage of teachers, etc.
The HLG asked Shri Khirwar to take strict action against defaulting officials, teaching/non-teaching staff and also ensure the maintenance of biometric attendance of teaching/non-teaching staff in all the government schools of Ladakh. He also highlighted the need for proper utilisation of teachers, masters and lecturers by ensuring that all the teaching staff take at least four lectures in a day. He also asked Shri Khirwar to carry out the rationalisation exercise in such a manner that the studies of students are not impacted by the exercise. The HLG also highlighted the need to maintain the correct student-teacher ratio in government schools.