Srinagar, Aug 20: In a modern growth, J&Okay College Schooling Division (SED) Thursday notified a brand new complete switch coverage for its workers whereas introducing a five-zone rotation system.
The brand new coverage has launched a point-based evaluation mechanism moreover particular safeguards for workers serving in tough areas.
As per the order, the coverage has been issued whereas superseding all earlier authorities orders on the topic and seeks to manage transfers by way of prescribed tenure norms, merit-based factors and employees rationalisation.
Below the brand new framework, all academic establishments have been divided into 5 Annual Switch Drive (ATD) zones.
As per the coverage, Zone-I covers establishments inside municipal limits of district headquarters whereas Zone-II contains these areas situated outdoors municipal limits and as much as 20 kilometres from district headquarters whereas Zone-III covers establishments past 20 and as much as 40 kilometres.
Additionally, Zone-IV includes establishments situated past 40 kilometres from district headquarters that require a change of residence, whereas Zone-V has been designated because the difficult-area class.
As per the framework, workers posted in Zones I, II and III will ordinarily have a three-year tenure at a selected establishment.
“The tenure can be two years for Zone-IV and one yr for Zone-V,” it reads.
As per the coverage, the federal government has ordered that workers finishing the prescribed tenure in Zone-V will ordinarily be relieved from such postings for which the involved directorates can be required to provoke their additional adjustment.
“Retention past the prescribed tenure can be allowed solely in distinctive circumstances and causes should be recorded in writing,” it reads.
Additionally, the completion of prescribed Zone-V tenure will give workers a preferential declare for consideration in opposition to appropriate vacancies in Zones-I and II, topic to administrative necessities.
The coverage additionally seeks to stop extended postings in tough areas by making service there a significant factor within the new switch evaluation system.
“Staff serving in Zone-V can earn 5 factors for finishing the prescribed tenure, other than further factors for service past the obligatory tenure, with a most of 25 factors,” the coverage doc reads.
For Zone-IV service, workers will get three factors for finishing the prescribed tenure and extra factors for service past the obligatory interval, with a most of 15 factors.
The division has launched a web based, point-based Switch Evaluation Matrix for the annual switch train, aimed toward figuring out relative precedence amongst workers searching for transfers.
Aside from hard-area service, the matrix offers 5 factors to workers aged 55 years or above and 5 factors to feminine workers who’re widows, divorcees or single dad and mom.
“Individuals with benchmark disabilities can obtain as much as 10 factors, whereas workers with severe sickness of themselves, their partner, youngster or dependent guardian also can obtain 10 factors,” it reads.
As per the coverage, workers whose spouses are serving in authorities and posted in the identical district will obtain 5 factors.
The coverage moreover gives 10 factors for demonstrated distinctive tutorial efficiency, together with enchancment in scholar studying outcomes, board examination outcomes, faculty efficiency and different measurable tutorial achievements throughout the previous three tutorial years.
“Staff aged 58 years and above will ordinarily not be posted to Zone-IV or Zone-V, besides the place compelling administrative concerns exist and the worker requests such posting,” it reads.
As per the coverage, the particular consideration can be given to government-employed spouses, workers nearing superannuation, single dad and mom, widows, divorcees, feminine workers, individuals with benchmark disabilities and workers dealing with distinctive medical or security-related circumstances.
“Authorities-employed spouses will, so far as possible, be posted suitably or inside cheap proximity to one another, topic to availability of posts,” it reads.
Additionally, workers because of retire inside one yr will ideally be posted close to their residences, whereas these aged 58 years and above will ordinarily be stored out of the 2 hardest zones.
The federal government may also take into account inter-cadre transfers on marriage floor on the advice of a delegated committee, offered the worker has accomplished at the least 5 years of service within the guardian district or divisional cadre.
The coverage additionally locations restrictions on mutual transfers. Such transfers will ordinarily not be permitted inside the so-called smooth Zones I, II and III and can primarily be thought of the place they facilitate rotation from laborious zones with out adversely affecting pupil-teacher ratios.
‘Staff transferred on a mutual foundation can be required to serve for no less than three years on the allotted place,” it reads.
The division has additionally tightened employees rationalisation provisions whereby the excess workers recognized by way of rationalisation might be redeployed to establishments dealing with shortages regardless of their interval of keep on the current place of posting.
Nevertheless, the federal government has stated that rationalisation mustn’t fully deplete instructing employees from an establishment or adversely have an effect on instructing of core topics.
“Transfers will ordinarily be carried out after conclusion of the educational session and earlier than graduation of the following tutorial session. The division, nonetheless, retains the ability to order transfers throughout the tutorial session in instances involving tutorial or administrative exigencies, together with subject-specific necessities, employees imbalances, faculty outcomes, enrolment patterns and institutional efficiency,” it reads.
The coverage framework additionally empowers the competent authority to defer, modify or withhold a switch if its implementation is more likely to adversely have an effect on tutorial outcomes, public examinations or the functioning of an establishment.
The federal government has reiterated that the brand new coverage doesn’t apply to Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) and Regularised Rehbar-e-Taleem (RReT) workers, whose appointments are school-specific.
“A separate framework governing their transfers and allied service issues is beneath formulation and can be notified individually,” it reads.
