HUNDREDS of thousands of candidates have passed the Private Teacher Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) exams long ago. But these appointments are stuck in administrative cloak and cases. No one has been recruited in the last three years. In the meantime, the working-age of many has passed. As time goes on, many will lose eligibility to enter the job. However, there are about 80,000 vacancies in private schools, colleges, and madrasas in the country. Concerned people say that the quality of education is also declining due to the teacher crisis.
Since 2005, NTRCA has conducted registration examinations for the recruitment of teachers in private schools, colleges, madrasas, and technical schools. So far, a total of 15 teachers’ registration exams have been arranged. Although NTRCA organized the teacher registration test, the appointment was finalized by the concerned Educational Institution’s Board of directors. Since 2015, NTRCA has been given the responsibility to finalize teachers’ appointments based on merit due to various irregularities and corruption allegations. In that light, teachers’ demand from educational institutions is sent to NTRCA. From there the list of selected subject-based teachers is sent to the institution. Institutions recruit teachers from that list. The managing committee or governing body of the institution then issues the appointment letters.
So far, NTRCA has appointed teachers in two phases by issuing two public notifications. About 36,000 teachers were recruited in 2015 and 2016. Now NTRCA is waiting for the issuance of the third public notice. There are 634128 people in the first to 15th registered merit list. Candidates are waiting to be recruited against 80,000 vacancies. Although the 3rd mass notification was supposed to be published in January, it has not been done till today. The NTRCA authority, the court, the Education Ministry should come up to untie the complexity knot, thus unemployed youths become employed and the frustration of thousands of families evaporated.
