Delhi HC seeks govt's response on PIL seeking appointment of Principals, Teachers on vacant posts
New Delhi, March 14: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Government of NCT of Delhi and the Lt Governor on PIL seeking the appointment of Principals and Vice-Principals in all government schools in the national capital.
The PIL also sought basic infrastructure in government schools in the national capital with just and proper amenities.
The petition also stated that all Government schools in Delhi require the appointment of Principals and Vice-Principals. While scheduling a hearing on July 10, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad requested a response from the Delhi Government, Lt. Governor, and State Council of Educational Research and Training.
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"There is further a need for appointment of permanent teachers in Delhi to ensure that the student ratio teacher is in place. There is further a need to ensure that Government schools in Delhi provide the basic streams of Education in higher classes i.e., Science, Arts and Commerce," the plea added.
"The Delhi Government has proposed an impugned decision or action to send the teachers in Government schools to international destinations like Finland, Cambridge etc. for the purpose of training Dehors the fact that government schools in Delhi are in shambles and require proper infrastructure, it is submitted that the proposed decision is without any intelligible criteria as there is no policy in place for the same," the plea added, describing the Delhi government's decision to send the government teachers abroad as "impugned"
- ANI
