Junior college teacher adjustment cancelled, relief for 10,000-12,000 teachers in Maharashtra
The Education Department has ordered the adjustment of surplus junior college teachers cancelled, giving about 10,000 to 12,000 teachers relief for now.
The adjustment crisis arising from surplus teaching posts in junior colleges across the state, including Nagpur, has been put off for now. The Education Department has directed that the adjustment be cancelled. This has given relief, for the time being, to about 10,000 to 12,000 junior college teachers in the state.
The matter relates to the new norms for online staffing (sanch manyata) for the 2025-26 academic session. When these norms came into force, the posts of about 10,000 to 12,000 junior college teachers in the state were declared surplus. A demand then arose for the adjustment of teachers to be cancelled. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took note of the demand, after which the Education Department directed that the adjustment be cancelled.
According to teachers' organisations, staffing recognition for junior colleges has for about 50 years been done on the basis of the Secondary School Code, the relevant Act, the 1977 and 1981 service conditions rules, government resolutions and norms set by the state board.
The Shikshak Aghadi alleges that, for the 2025-26 session, online staffing recognition was carried out under new norms fixed at the level of the directorate office, without any new government resolution, government circular, notification or Cabinet decision being issued.
It was said that the new norms reduce the time available for students' studies, teachers' instruction and individual guidance. As a result, a large number of teachers' posts were declared surplus and an adjustment crisis arose.
The BJP Shikshak Aghadi had sent a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue. The letter demanded that the batch size for practical classes in science subjects be kept at 20 students as before. It also asked that the duration of classes in junior colleges remain as earlier and that recognised subjects not be clubbed. It further sought that staffing recognition be done on the existing norms, along with the conditions relating to student numbers. It also demanded cancellation of the cut in teachers and the adjustment arising from it.
The Education Department took immediate note of the letter given to the Chief Minister. The Education Commissioner gave oral directions to cancel the adjustment of junior college teachers in the state. The Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur division, then issued a letter relating to the cancellation of the adjustment.
