Two years after the Delhi High Court asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to appoint 25 per cent of principals for its schools by direct recruitment,no recruitment rules (RR) have been framed so far. At present,principals are appointed by promoting teachers on a seniority basis. The MCD,meanwhile,has resolved to fill all vacant posts within six months. The High Court in March 2007 had directed the MCD to recruit 50 per cent of its principals of the schools directly to improve the supervisory staff. The MCD,meanwhile,proposed to fill 25 per cent posts of principals by direct recruitment. Since then,there has been no change in the existing RR,no new RR has been framed, MCD Education Committee Chairperson Prithviraj Sahni said. We have been writing letters to the government to notify the RR. He also pointed out that the Delhi Services Selection Board (DSSB) is taking a long time to frame the recruitment rules. There are 1,752 MCD-run schools across the city. Sahni said there is a shortage of about 200 principals and we have demanded 4,000 teachers from the DSSB for MCD schools. In the next week,we will promote teachers to the post of principals to tide over this situation. The High Court direction came after the sorry plight of MCD schools was brought to its notice. The MCD had then agreed to implement the order within six months and had also resolved to form recruitment rules. The MCD teachers,meanwhile,are also crying foul. Teachers employed on a contract basis have been working for the past eight years and have still not been regularised, MCD Teachers Association Secretary Vibha Singh said. For the last eight years,MCD-run schools have not recruited any nursery teachers in spite of vacancies,sources said.
