The final straw in this case was the statze education department's directive, asking teachers to partake in a survey for the New India Literacy Programme (NILP) a centrally sponsored scheme, which aims to educate at least 5 crore illiterate people above the age of 15 from across the country.
According to the notification issued by the department, retired ZP teachers who are below 70 years of age will be eligible to apply for such appointments.
The education department, last year, began the drive to upload Aadhaar cards of all the students studying in government schools on the SARAL portal in an attempt to get an accurate number of students studying in government schools.