Changes have been brought in the primary school teachers' transfer guidelines 2022 to allow all teachers to apply for transfer.
Now, application for transfer can be made even if there are fewer than five teachers in a primary school.
Sources in the Directorate of Primary Education said the government resumed the transfer system of the assistant teachers of the government primary schools online in September after closure for around three years.
But about 90 percent of teachers could not apply for transfer as section 3.3 of the teachers' transfer guidelines 2022 stipulated that application for transfer cannot be made if there are fewer than five teachers in a primary school.
The guidelines had also a condition that the ratio between teachers and students in a primary school must be 1:40 to apply for a transfer.
Later, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education amended the guidelines amid the teachers' demand to correct these.
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