I recently earned my degree after completing a two-year master's program. I then reported to the Ministry of Education's Human Resource Office (HRO) for my placement. I requested my previous school, Darla MSS, since my wife is working there. After days of waiting, I was placed in Zhemgang Dzongkhag without my knowledge. In deep despair, I submitted a request with genuine grounds. I even wrote a letter with several points today, and it is now in process. (God help me. We are only human.)
Letter dated 26 July 2013
Saacha Dorji
Darla Middle Secondary School
Chukha
The Human Resource Officer
Ministry of Education
Thimphu
Subject: Request to Stay at Darla MSS
Dear Sir/Madam,
I, the undersigned, would like to respectfully request to continue my teaching post at Darla MSS, Darla, Chukha. My reasons are as follows:
1. My wife is working at Darla MSS, teaching general subjects.
2. We have a young son who needs to be cared for.
3. I have served at Darla MSS for only two and a half years, whereas the Education Policy requires three years of service before a teacher is eligible for a transfer.
4. I previously served at Tsirangtoe LSS, Tsirang—a remote location—for four years with dedication and integrity.
5. I earned my degree through self-funding, not through any government source, and I took out a significant loan to do so. My main purpose in pursuing further studies was to help and serve better. I hope the ministry will consider this matter seriously, not as a punishment or an unwanted transfer.
6. Darla School also faces a shortage of teachers.
7. Staying here will allow me to support my family better. We duly respect the Ministry of Education's policy of keeping working families together, as well as the principles of GNH.
I therefore wish to continue teaching at Darla MSS for another year or two. I hope you will look into these serious matters, understand my situation, and respond accordingly. I sincerely ask that my request be given the utmost consideration.
Yours faithfully,
Saacha Dorji
Employee No. 200501381
Our system seems to operate on many questionable principles. Not only are some officers very rude in their manners, but they are also heedless and unmindful of justifiable problems. I am left with lingering questions that trouble me deeply:
1. Why are some teachers posted to the same school after their studies? At Darla School itself, there are two such teachers.
2. Is it due to connections, nepotism, relations, or bribery?
3. Is a master's graduate given a punishment transfer? I was even asked to go to a community school to teach, despite holding a B.Ed secondary certificate. Is this not a mismatch? I would love to teach anywhere, but this creates confusion for my future.
4. Is family relationship not important for doing any job fruitfully?
5. Why does the MOE separate working husbands and wives, even within the same organization?
6. Why was I not allowed to choose a dzongkhag, but instead placed in Zhemgang without my knowledge?
7. Are we truly aware of GNH?
8. Why must I transfer after only two and a half years in the same school when MOE policy requires three years or more to obtain a transfer?
9. Why do some teachers have to face the hardship of remote postings again and again?
10. Why don't we study the ground reality?
11. And so on…
I am not frustrated, but I am sad that our HRO does not consider family matters or subject requirements at the ground level—especially when Darla has a teacher shortage. At the very least, I am now aware of how our system functions.
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