Amendment bill to increase transfer quota of teachers

The government has introduced an amendment bill to increase the transfer quota of teachers from the present five per cent to eight per cent for government schools.

On Thursday, Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar introduced the amendment to the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) 2007, in the Legislative Assembly.

The amendment states that transfers in a unit of seniority shall not exceed five per cent in the case of public interest transfers and three per cent in the case of inter-unit of seniority transfers. “...And, totally it shall not exceed eight per cent of the number of sanctioned posts of teachers in that cadre in that unit of seniority,” states the amendment.

The bill states that if both the spouses were government servants, and the teacher has served for at least three years in existing unit of seniority, may also be transferred to the place, or nearby place of working of his/her spouse through counselling, depending upon the availability of the clear vacancy not more than twice.

On mutual transfers, the bill has introduced an amendment which places a condition that both the teachers must have completed a minimum period of three years of service; must be, otherwise eligible to be transferred to that zone, or must have minimum of three years of service left. The amendment states that mutual transfers shall not be allowed more than once in his or her service and shall not be eligible for protection of seniority.