TET to be made mandatory for recruitment of teachers in UP madrassas

The Uttar Pradesh government will make the Teacher Eligibility Test TET mandatory for recruitment of teachers in madrassas of the state to provide quality education to studentsA proposal is being prepared for implementing it Minister of State for Minority Welfare Danish Azad Ansari told PTI on SundayHe noted that NCERT syllabus has been implemented to provide quality education to students in madrasas of the stateSince it is a scientifically designed course it is imperative to have trained teachers to teach it better In view of this the government is going to make it mandatory to clear the TET for recruitment of teachers in madrasas he saidAnsari however clarified that the requirement of TET will not apply to teachers of Urdu Arabic Farsi or DiniyatIt will be applicable only for recruitment of teachers teaching NCERT syllabusAsked whether the management committees have the right to recruit teachers in madrassas and whether the government will make any changes in the law to make TET mandatory in recruitment Ansari said No nothing like that will happen All we are going to do is to make TET mandatory in the recruitment of teachers of modern education in madrassasIn 2017 the Uttar Pradesh government had approved teaching from NCERT books in Tathaniya classes 1 to 5 Faukania classes 5 to 8 and madarsas of Aaliya or higher Aaliya level high school and aboveHakim Abdul Haque Joint General Secretary of the Teachers Association Madaris Arabiya said the step would lead to discrimination against a section of madrasa teachersBy making TET mandatory for teachers imparting modern education there will be a practical difference of merit between teachers teaching in the same madrasa as the educational qualification of teachers who are recruited after passing TET is more than that of those teaching Diniyat Urdu Arabic and Persian he saidAfter the new system there will be a a trained teacher who will clear the recruitment examination TET Will the government keep both teachers in the same category This will increase the risk of discrimination just like between permanent teachers and siksha mitra adhoc techers in primary schools he saidHaque demanded that special TET courses for madrassa teachers teaching diniyat Urdu Arabic and Persian should also be startedAccording to the procedure currently applicable for the recruitment of teachers in madrasas the minimum qualification for a teacher teaching class 1 to 5 should be intermediate with Urdu or any equivalent certificateApart from this the minimum qualification for teacher to teach in classes 5 to 8 is Kamil degree or Arabic Persian or Bachelors degree from a university with Diniyat and Fazil or Arabic or Persian for Aliya high school and aboveThere are about 16461 madrassas in the state affiliated to the madrasa board Of these 560 madrassas are aided by the governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever