Can anybody in this world justify these?
SL NO | HOW DIFFER IN TERMS | HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT | HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER |
1 | Basic Qualification | Degree, B Ed | P G, B Ed |
2 | Eligibility Exam | Nil | To be Qualified ( SET) |
3 | Working days per week | 5 Days | 6 Days |
4 | Working hours per day | 6 Hours | 7 hours |
5 | Possible Promotion Posts | HSST Jr., HSST, HM, Principal, AEO, ADEO, DEO etc. | Principal |
6 | Chance of getting promotion | Higher than HSST | One of the lowest in Kerala Government Service |
7 | Basis of giving grade | Where chance of promotion is less | Where chance of promotion is less |
8 | No. of grades sanctioned | 3 | 2 grades only |
9 | Year of getting second grade | Completion of 15 years | Completion of 16 years |
10 | Percentage increase in Basic pay | 87% (HM) | 82%(Principal) |
11 | Nature of Duty of HM/Principal | Administrative only and assisted by ministerial staff | Administrate+ 21 period teaching per week ( No ministerial staff to assist) |
12 | Increase in BP on completion of 8 years | Rs. 2360 | Rs 1500 |
13 | Increase in BP on completion of 16 years | Rs. 4120 | Rs. 2000 |
14 | Increase in BP from Higher Grade to Senior grade(in 8 years) | Rs. 1760 | Rs. 500 only |
It is a fact that every job has its own relevance and deserve due recognition. However, HSS Teachers are completely neglected in the Pay revision and their dignity is being questioned. Major parameters like Basic Qualification, Workload, Performance, Chance of Promotion etc., in which highest weightage is eligible to HSSTs, has not been considered in the case of their Pay Revision. Chapter 17, Clause 8 of 9th Pay Commission Report proposes 3 time bound grades for all those employees up to the scale of pay of 29180 which is not seen in the proposed scale of HSSTs. The claim of the Report that several categories of employees like Teachers will get higher scale of pay (Chapter 17, Clause 6) is not true in the case of HSS Teachers. Considering all these, there is an implied duty from the part of all HSS teachers to protest against these unfavourable terms of employment, in whatever legal means they can, so as to increase the scale of pay to a truly deserved higher level and to protect the dignity and recognition of the job.