கேரள மார்க்சிஸ்டு மாடல்- தேசிய விருது பெற்ற: சிறந்த ஆசிரியை இப்போது துப்புரவு தொழிலாளி

கேரள நாசிய‌ மார்க்சிஸ்டு அரசு - பழங்குடி மாணவர் கல்விப் பள்ளிகளை மூடியது, அந்தப் பள்ளி ஒன்றில் பணியாற்றி வந்த 53வயது உஷாகுமாரி என்ற ஆசிரியை தேசிய- மாநில மற்றும் சில என 6 சிறந்த ஆசிரியர் விருது பெற்றவர் - இனி ஆசிரியராக இல்லாமல் பள்ளி துப்புரவு வேலைக்கு மாற்றி உள்ளதாம்\

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/02/award-winning-kerala-teacher-now-a-sweeper-in-school-2460710.html

54 வயது ஆசிரியை உஷா குமாரி 23 ஆண்டுகளாக கேரள அரசின் பழங்குடி பள்ளியில் ஆசிரியையாக பணிபுரிந்துவந்தார். சிறந்த ஆசிரியை விருதும் பெற்றார். ஆனால், பிணறாயி அரசு பழங்குடி பள்ளிகளை மூட முடிவெடுத்ததால், அவரது 23 ஆண்டு ஆசிரியை பணிக்கு வந்தது பிரச்சினை.

வேலை இழக்கும் நிலையில் இருந்த அந்த ஆசிரியையை வேறு ஒரு பள்ளியில் பணியில் அமர்த்தியது பிணறாயி அரசு - ஆசிரியையாக அல்ல, துப்புரவு தொழிலாளியாக.

"இதை என் தலை எழுத்து என்று எடுத்துக் கொள்கிறேன். இன்னும் 6 வருட சர்வீஸ் இருக்கிறது" என்று கூறியிருக்கிறார் உஷா குமாரி.

19 ஆயிரம் சம்பளத்தில் வேலை பார்த்து வந்த ஆசிரியை உஷா குமாரிக்கு - ஸ்வீப்பர் வேலையில் ரூ 23 ஆயிரம் முதல் 52 ஆயிரம் வரை கிடைக்க வாய்ப்பாம்!!

Award-winning Kerala teacher now a sweeper in school

Even as the schools reopened in the state on Wednesday, a group of teachers took up a new role with trepidation -- as part-time or full-time sweepers.

02nd June 2022

Award-winning Kerala teacher K R Usha Kumari sweeping the PSNM Government Higher Secondary School premises at Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram

By Cynthia Chandran Express News Service March 31.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the schools reopened in the state on Wednesday, a group of teachers took up a new role with trepidation -- as part-time or full-time sweepers. They were among the 344 single teachers who had been rendered an invaluable service in 272 Multi Grade Learning Centres (MGLC) in tribal areas. They lost their jobs after these centres were shut down by the government on 

At least 50 of them started working as sweepers on Wednesday putting behind their teacher’s role. Most of the others are expected to take over their new role once they get their appointment orders in the coming days. When TNIE went to 1908-founded PSNM Government Higher Secondary School, Peroorkada, Thiruvananthapuram, to meet the national award-winning teacher K R Usha Kumari, she was in tears. On reaching her new school, she looked for brooms, mop and floor scrubber to clean the school premises including toilets. 

With tears rolling down her face, Usha Kumari said, “May be, it’s my fate. Two months ago, when I was teaching tribal students at the MGLC at Kunnathumala in Amboori hilltop, I was holding chalk and duster. After submitting the joining letter, I located the cleaning stuff first in the office room.” 

Though 54-year-old Usha Kumari doesn’t mind taking up the broom, her family doesn’t think so. With more than a dozen state and national awards in her kitty for the best teacher providing education to tribal students at the MGLC in Kunnanthumala for the last 23 years, she has just six more years left in government service. 

“My children have been urging me not to take up the sweeper role. But I don’t have any qualms as I wish to be on my own feet. My only request to the state government is to give us full pension (20 years of service required) and also change our designation to senior assistant. Despite putting in 23 years in service as a MGLC single teacher, they will consider only my current role as sweeper grade for six years,” added Usha Kumari. 

The only solace Usha Kumari has is that from the earlier salary of Rs 19,000 per month, her sweeper grade salary is between Rs 23,000 and Rs 50,200. Not just Usha Kumari, 14 others who taught in various MGLCs in Thiruvananthapuram district have also joined government schools in Attingal, Varkala and Kilimanoor as sweepers. 

A senior general education department official confirmed to TNIE that the single teachers except of 27 MGLCs have been asked to work as part-time or full-time sweepers following their consent. “They will be appointed as per vacancies in their respective districts depending on their seniority. The properties in the respective MGLCs which have been closed down will be shifted to the nearest government school under the direction of the sub-district education officer,” said the official.

They were among the 344 single teachers who had been rendered an invaluable service in 272 Multi Grade Learning Centres (MGLC) in tribal areas. They lost their jobs after these centres were shut down by the government on March 31.