MP Teachers' Promotion Row: Over 32,000 Await Promotion Despite CM Mohan Yadav's Directives; Association Questions Delay

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Over 32,000 government school teachers in Madhya Pradesh are awaiting promotion despite directives from Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, according to the Government School Teachers' Association. The association has written to the School Education Department, questioning the delay in the promotion process.

Currently, 264 tribal affairs department teachers have been promoted to the position of lecturer in the schools they run. However, education department teachers who have been appointed to similar roles with identical qualifications, eligibility criteria, and service conditions have not received the same treatment. Teachers who have been in charge of higher positions for nearly two years are still waiting for regular promotion orders, despite performing their duties at a senior level for an extended period.

This disparity in treatment has caused resentment among the government school teachers. Upendra Kaushal, the working president of the Government Teachers' Association, revealed that the tribal affairs department has carried out promotions from assistant teacher to upper grade teacher and from upper grade teacher to lecturer in recent months. The promotion of AIIMS Bhopal to full NABH accreditation, covering all 1,457 beds, was also noted in the source.