Policy to rationalise teachers' postings mooted by Arunachal

Arunachal Pradesh Education minister Honchun Ngandam today said a policy to rationalise posting of teachers has been mooted by the government for equitable distribution of teachers throughout the state.
Responding to a Private Member's Resolution brought in the state Assembly by BJP member Gabriel Denwang Wangsu, Ngandam urged the Chief Minister to support the creation of 1,500 teaching posts and cautioned members against political interference in transfer and posting of teachers.
The minister said the mindset of teachers serving under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) also needs to be changed.
Ngandam said the department was contemplating on installing toll free telephone lines in the villages to check teachers' absence through panchayats, village elders and NGOs.

While moving the resolution, Wangsu said "In 900 upper and primary schools of the state, only one teacher is imparting education in each school. Is it not enough to sound the alarm bell?"
He alleged that most teachers stayed in district headquarters or in the state capital with political blessings.
BJP member P D Sona suggested incentives to teachers posted at remote places, while state Agriculture minister Wangki Lowang suggested for drastic measures terming the situation as "alarming".