The Railway Board has withdrawn its earlier orders to both shut or merge its colleges within the nation with Kendriya Vidyalayas. In an order issued, the Railway Board acknowledged that the nationwide transporter offers instructional services within the type of railway colleges inside the constraint of accessible sources, ‘purely as a measure of staff welfare to cater to the needs of children of railway employees at such places where educational facilities provided by other agencies are inadequate’.
Letters by the Railway Board, dated September 28, 2021 and October 25, 2021, issued directions that an evaluation be performed and feasibility be explored of closure or merger of railway colleges. This additionally included identification of faculties to be handed over to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
“The above instructions stand withdrawn with immediate effect and revival of railway schools having potential to provide basic education service may be done. It has now been decided that the existing railway schools will continue to function under a revised scheme envisaged by the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education,” the Board mentioned.
It additionally acknowledged admissions of scholars for the present tutorial session with potential, wherever withheld, are to be reopened and finalised on the earliest. It was additionally emphasised that no promotions in Group-B, Senior Scale, Junior Administrative Grade be processed or recruitment be accomplished the place rationalisation of faculties was being deliberate.
The promotion of employees, wherever withheld, is to be processed and contractual recruitment of academics, wherever required could also be undertaken to replenish the vacant posts expeditiously.
The plan to shut or merge the railway colleges adopted the suggestions of former principal financial adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on the rationalisation of presidency our bodies underneath the Ministry of Railways. In his report, Sanyal talked about that the railways had been operating 94 colleges, offering training to youngsters of not solely railway workers. “As of 2019, only 15,399 railway wards were enrolled in these schools which was less than half of other non-railway students who constituted 34,277,” he mentioned.
The railways has additionally supported 87 Kendriya Vidyalayas the place 33,212 railway wards and 55,386 different college students had been enrolled. Of the whole eight lakh youngsters of railway workers within the 4 to 18 age group, lower than two % had been enrolled within the railway colleges.
With inputs from PTI.
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