Delhi govt to regularise 15,000 guest teachers

New Delhi, Sept 27: The Delhi Cabinet today decided to regularise about 15,000 guest teachers and teachers engaged under the 'Sarva Siksha Abhiyan'. According to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, these guest teachers were having requisite qualification and standard for teaching in schools under the Directorate of School Education. They did their job with dedication and proved to be an asset for the government schools. Mr Sisodia said the draft Legislative proposal will be brought in the ensuing Delhi Assembly Session to be convened on October 4, for approval. These teachers played a crucial role in some of the flagship programmes in DoE schools, including Summer Camps, Chunauti and Reading Campaign, the Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, observed. Mr Sisodia claimed that Delhi Government schools have had excellent results in Class 12, outperforming private schools for two years in a row. If the guest teachers are replaced with completely fresh teachers, the DoE would suffer a setback to education reform process and need to re-start the process from scratch. Apart from the training programmes, guest teachers have over the years of their functioning, acquired skills and competencies essential to working in government schools. UNI