When rules threaten classrooms: How TET compliance puts 98 lakh teachers on the brink

As many as 98 lakh teachers across India may lose their jobs in the next two years with the full implementation of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) under the Right to Education Act (RTE) and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) norms, DMK MP P. Wilson said in the Rajya Sabha. He flagged the development as an imminent collapse of classroom stability and a frontal attack on the constitutional right to education.

Participating in a discussion on a private member’s resolution relating to education rights, Wilson said rigid regulatory mechanisms were being permitted to override the actual conditions prevalent in schools. "Article 21A is becoming meaningless," he told the House, arguing that laws framed to protect children’s right to education were now threatening to strip schools o