He said. “Due to Vidyalaya-Cholo-Abhiyan, the Dept took 10 teachers in deputation but I request 5 teachers at least should be sent back to our school. However, in the notification it was clearly said that for a temporary time, the classes would be slashed. My intention was never to insult the Education Dept”.

Hariananda H.S. School was a Bengali Medium school, which was converted into an English Medium school in recent years but like many other schools, this school also has massive teachers crisis. The headmaster is bound to do almost all classes and other teachers are also taking 5 to 6 classes per day.

Tripura has over 3,500 TET qualified candidates whereas the vacancies of teachers are over 20,000. Over 7000 teachers’ training or undergoing training candidates are in waiting to appear in the next TET exams.

However, on Monday Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath assured that before Durga puja all TET qualifiers will be recruited. Now only time will say how far he is capable to keep his promise.