Revise conditions for appointments of primary teachers: ATUJ

The Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Jharkhand (ATUJ), a representative body of the Urdu speaking people of the state, has strongly protested the arbitrarily including of Bangla in addition to Adivasi/tribal and regional languages barring Urdu as a compulsory subject making knowledge of either of the languages a pre-condition for appearing in the eligibility test for appointments of…

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June 21, 2022
The Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Jharkhand (ATUJ), a representative body of the Urdu speaking people of the state, has strongly protested the arbitrarily including of Bangla in addition to Adivasi/tribal and regional languages barring Urdu as a compulsory subject making knowledge of either of the languages a pre-condition for appearing in the eligibility test for appointments of primary teachers.
“It is highly discriminatory and prejudicial to the interest of the Urdu and other linguistic minorities i.e Oriya and Maithli and is likely to harm the cause of the overall development of education and disturb the linguistic and communal harmony in the multilingual state of Jharkhand,” Prof. Abuzar Usmani, president ATUJ said in a letter addressed to the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, and further released to the media, on August 9.
So far the Adivasi languages are concerned, the Anjuman had earlier proposed vide the memorandums submitted to the CM and the HRD Minister on February 3 and February 27, 2008 respectively that “the candidates selected for appointment should be given a reasonable time limit to acquire the working knowledge of an Adivasi language producing the certificate of proficiency in the language as required as making it a pre-condition for appointment would not be held justified” and suggested that “necessary provision of an Adivasi language should advisably be made in the syllabus to facilitate its learning as an extra subject by the Urdu, Bengali, Oriya and Maithli students as earlier proposed by the Anjuman.”
The Anjuman has lamented that this was unfortunately not given effect to by the HRD Department as was needed, and impressed on the Government to act in the matter as advised.
“The addition of Bangla as one of the compulsory subjects blatantly ignoring Urdu which is the second official language spoken by 37 lakh people of the state as well as the other minority languages as referred is, to say the truth, absolutely unwarranted and cannot be held justified by any account specifically taking into consideration the fact that it would put the Urdu, Oriya and Maithli knowing candidates in a disadvantageous position adversely affecting their employment prospects,” the letter said.
The Anjuman has taken a serious note of this obviously wrong and improper act and demanded that the Government in all fairness cancel the eligibility test and re-schedule it even at this late hour with the provision of Urdu inclusive of other minority languages as compulsory subjects or alternatively withdraw the pre-condition of possessing the knowledge of a language subject other than the prescribed subjects for the aspiring candidates giving a chance to the deprived lot to get their due as justifiably desired.
The Anjuman has hoped the Government will take appropriate action directing the JPSC to rectify the error as required.

“This would frankly speaking ensure the sanctity and fairness of the examination and help put the lid on the manipulation and bungling as is likely to arise for the reason or reasons which need not be elaborated at this stage,” the letter further said.