The teacher aspirants have been protesting against the weightage system
Tthe evaluation method was changed to award 40 per cent weightage to plus-2, graduation and B.Ed marks. (Photo: DC/File)
Chennai: A day after DMK chief M. Karunanidhi urged the state government to hold talks with protesting teachers, DMDK president Vijayakanth and PMK founder Dr S. Ramadoss asked the government to do away with the weightage system in recruitment of teachers.
The teacher aspirants have been protesting against the weightage system introduced by the TN Teachers Recruitment Board. Apart from Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) scores, the evaluation method was changed to award 40 per cent weightage to plus-2, graduation and B.Ed marks. According to the protesters, the new system would give young applicants, who have not scored high marks in the TET, an edge over their older counterparts with higher TET marks.
Mr Vijayakanth urged the government to hold talks with protesting teachers to resolve the issue amicably. “The government must appoint teachers based on the marks scored in TET alone. The wieghtage system should be scrapped,” he said, demanding the state government to withhold TET exam until all graduate teachers were given appointments.
Dr S. Ramadoss noted that weightage system was not followed for recruitment of PG teachers and hence, it was unnecessary to follow this in the appointment of graduate teachers alone.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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