The Maharashtra government has announced the regularisation of 3,105 special teachers and administrators in state-run schools. These special instructors were initially appointed in 2006 under the centrally sponsored 'Samagra Shiksha' initiative.
These special teachers have been employed under contract. This means they do not receive the benefits of regularly employed teachers. They have been fighting a legal battle to secure benefits comparable to those of regular teachers.
The decision was made in a meeting with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Minister of School Education Deepak Kesarkar, members of the state legislature, and education authorities.
After the meeting, the government will also form a committee to investigate the teachers' demands. This committee will assess the financial impact of adopting the policy. Education Commissioner Suraj Mandhare will chair the committee.
CM Shinde also announced that the state might hire more special teachers in addition to regularising the current employees. This is to cater to the 2.41 lakh particularly abled pupils registered in government schools. The number of special teachers per cluster will now increase.
Currently, one special teacher is assigned to each school cluster, which includes 8 to 10 schools. Previously, the administration had decided that there should be only two teachers in each taluka.
In November of last year, the Bombay High Court's (HC) Nagpur bench released non-bailable warrants against the school administration for not paying arrears to these instructors.
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