Article on current situation of teachers in Odisha

It was a discouraging decisions made by the School and Mass Education Department, Govt. of Odisha to make a scheme called "Teachers on Call" where Government decided to engage retired teachers to take class in schools as and when need basis. This was criticised widely among educationists, political parties and teachers federations and reaction was that when trained teachers are not yet given fresh appointment against vacancy of teaching posts at around 60000 in elementary schools in Odisha, how can the government even think of substituting the need of teaching by retired teachers to whom govt. in principle thinks that they are no more physically as well as mentally spirited to take classes. In this response, my take on the so called 'Teachers on Call' has been published in the Odia Sambad Newspaper. See the published post below: