School Education - The Andhra Pradesh Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Guidelines, 2020 - Issued.

O R D E R :-

Government is committed to provide free and compulsory Elementary

Education to every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years in the vicinity of his / her

neighbourhood under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009. During the year 2019

- 2020, the enrollment of students in Government managed schools has increased

many fold. There is a need to re-apportion the staff among schools and posts in

Primary, Upper Primary and High Schools as there are some schools with higher

enrollment of students vis-à-vis the sanctioned teaching posts and on the other hand

there are some schools with less enrollment of students but with more than justified

number of teacher posts. Government desires to ensure appropriate school / class level

pupil-teacher ratio. Hence, Govt. have issued orders for re-apportionment of teachers

based on the students strength vide 3rd read above. Government further felt that there

is a need to regulate the staffing pattern by way of transfer of teachers in the above

schools.

2. Government have decided to frame guidelines relating to the transfers in

exercise of the powers conferred by Section 78 and 99 of A.P. Education Act 1982

(Act 1 of 1982) and under Article 309 of the Constitution of India, in super-session of

all the earlier guidelines on the transfer of teachers in order to facilitate and to regulate

the transfers of Headmasters Grade-II and teachers working in Government / Z.P.P /

M.P.P Schools in A.P School Education Service and A.P School Education

Subordinate Services.

3. Accordingly the D.S.E., has furnished the proposals to permit him to take up

the transfers of teachers for the academic year, 2020 - 2021 and furnished the draft

guidelines vide Lr.2nd read above.

4. The D.S.E., shall take action to call for the applications for transfer of teachers

through Online system and conduct Web counseling duly obtaining the options.

Accordingly the DSE shall announce the time schedule which will layout all the

details including time frame for submission of applications, verification of points