KARIMNAGAR: Private educational institutions of Karimnagar district are up in arms against the decision of the State Government to make it mandatory to appoint only qualified teachers in the private schools from the next academic year.

There are over 500 private English medium schools in the district with highest SSC student strength compared to the Government schools in the district. It is the private school students who are securing highest marks in the SSC and seventh class examinations since long in the district with coaching obtained from untrained teachers.

Cause of concern

But, the Government's decision of appointing only B.Ed qualified teachers in the private schools had become a cause of concern for private school managements in the district.

They threatened to launch agitations if the Government forces them to appoint trained Telugu medium teachers in English medium schools.

Local Vivekananda Vidyanikethan educational institutions correspondent S. Komuraiah said, "we are appointing teachers, providing on-campus training to them to provide quality education to students to excel in examinations.

There are no trained English medium teachers in the State, so we are forced to appoint untrained teachers.''

C Janardhan Reddy, former principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Choppadandi, says that "Instead of sacking untrained teachers, the Government should conduct crash training courses and other special classes for the untrained teachers to work in private schools''.

Training mooted

Challenger school Principal K. Venkateshwar said that there were hardly any B. Ed English medium teachers in the State.

He opined that the Government should provide some in-service training to private untrained teachers. While, DEO R. Surender Reddy said that the decision of ensuring recruitment of only qualified teachers in all private schools from the next academic year. "We will be forced to serve notice and cancel the recognition of private schools if they fail to abide by the Government instructions of recruiting only qualified teachers'', he maintained.

On the other hand, several untrained teachers, who are working since last 10 to 20 years in various private English medium schools in the district, are worried about their future.

They demand that the Government should show them alternative employment in private or public schools.

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