Maksam Tayeng
PASIGHAT, SEP 22:
The Bogong Banggo Yameng Kebang (BBYK) has opposed the ongoing transfer and rationalisation of teachers in East Siang district, urging the Education Department to review the orders, which it described as “irrational and illogical”.Addressing a press briefing on Monday, BBYK president Magyar Lego said the organisation had submitted a representation through the East Siang Deputy Commissioner to the Commissioner of Education, seeking urgent reconsideration of the transfer orders.
Lego said the rationalisation exercise could aggravate the existing shortage of teachers in several schools. According to figures presented by the BBYK, East Siang has 123 government schools, including seven higher secondary, 19 secondary, 43 middle and 61 primary schools.
He particularly highlighted the Government Higher Secondary School, Pasighat (IGJ), which he said has around 1,400 students from Classes IX to XII. According to him, the school currently has only two Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) and two Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) to cater to the large student strength.
Lego claimed that East Siang already has a deficit of around 69 teachers, while about 63 teachers have been transferred under the latest exercise. He questioned the transfer of teachers who, according to the organisation, had been assigned duties related to Booth Level Officer (BLO), census and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) activities. Referring to a May 21, 2026 government notification bearing reference DSE-1101/9/2022, he sought clarification on the inclusion of such teachers in the transfer orders.
The BBYK also raised concerns over the transfer of two Hindi teachers from Mirbuk Secondary School, Pasighat. Lego said the school would face difficulties in teaching Hindi unless replacement teachers were provided before the existing teachers were relieved.
The organisation referred to the Arunachal Pradesh Transfer and Posting of Employees of Education Department (Regulation and Management) Act, 2026, which provides a statutory framework for transfer and posting and lays emphasis on rationalisation based on staffing requirements and institutional needs. The Act also provides for administrative transfers in public interest, administrative exigency and institutional necessity.
BBYK called for the current exercise to be scrutinised on a school-wise and subject-wise basis, taking into account actual student strength, classroom requirements and subject availability rather than relying solely on numerical rationalisation.
The organisation also questioned the feeder-college arrangement for students from Shi-Yomi district. Lego said students from higher secondary schools in the district should have appropriate access to their designated feeder institutions and sought reconsideration of the alleged routing of students towards J.N. College, Pasighat.
BBYK spokesperson Dangki Ering appealed to the Education Department and the Education Minister to review the transfer exercise, particularly in view of Pasighat’s role as an educational hub of the eastern region.
Ering claimed that several anomalies had been noticed in the transfer list, including the alleged inclusion of names of retired teachers. He called for a committee to scrutinise the list and verify the actual staffing position of individual schools.
The organisation also expressed concern over the timing of the transfers, stating that half-yearly examinations were underway and that shifting teachers during the academic term could disrupt classroom teaching and students’ examination preparation.
The state Teachers Registry Portal confirms that the Education Department has issued separate 2026 rationalisation and transfer orders for PGTs, TGTs and Primary Teachers (PRTs), besides other transfer orders.
BBYK demanded that transfer orders be recalled or reconsidered wherever genuine anomalies are found and that the staffing position of affected schools be properly verified.
Lego said the organisation would wait for the government’s response to its representation and sought action within 15 days. He warned that failure to receive a satisfactory response would lead the BBYK to launch a “mass democratic movement” against what it described as an unfair and disruptive transfer exercise.
The organisation said its primary concern was the impact of the transfer exercise on students, classroom teaching and the overall functioning of schools in East Siang.
