'Then Resign': SC Tells Bihar Teachers Over Request to Skip Eligibility Test, Rejects Petition

The Supreme Court has rejected the petition of the teachers’ unions of Bihar in which they had demanded the cancellation of the competency test. While rejecting the petition, the apex court said that teachers build the nation and if you cannot face these exams then you should resign. “If you can’t face these (competency) tests, then you should resign,” the SC said.

The top court further stated that according to the government rules, they will have to take the competency test. Rejecting the petition, the bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna said “Is this the level of education in the country?”

The petition was filed by the non-profit Parivartankari Prarambhik Sikshak Sangh, reported NDTV. “A postgraduate who gets a job and cannot even write an application for leave? When a state like Bihar tries to improve this system and conducts a qualifying examination for this, it is opposed,” Justice BV Nagarathna pointed out.

In this petition, the teacher’s union opposed the Bihar Teacher Rules 2023. According to the rules, if the appointed teachers have to get the status of state employees, then they will have to pass the competency test.

The Bihar government said in the court that the computer-based examination conducted for the capacity development of teachers is not mandatory. The appointed teachers who do not take the exam will not be fired from the job. But the teachers who pass this exam will become equal to the state teachers and will get full facilities.

Meanwhile, last month in the Jamui district of Bihar, 13 teachers had their salary withheld by the education department for absenteeism due to “bed performance,” which was a typographical oversight that should have said “bad performance.” The incident in question occurred on May 22, when education department officials performed surprise inspections at numerous Jamui schools. During these examinations, they discovered numerous teachers absent and several more functioning poorly. Three teachers were penalised for being absent, while 13 others had their salaries deducted for unsatisfactory performance.

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