Editor,

I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to a matter of serious concern regarding the recently modified transfer orders.

The modified transfer order was issued on Tuesday evening, after considerable time had elapsed since the affected teachers submitted their representations. However, despite taking so long to examine and modify the orders, several discrepancies and shortcomings have once again been noticed in the latest order.

In several cases, the transferred district has reportedly been mentioned as 'East Kameng', whereas the earlier transfer order issued on 30 June, 2026, had shown different districts against the same teachers. Such discrepancies raise serious questions about the accuracy and reliability of the AI-based Teachers Registry Portal (TRP) and indicate that the system requires thorough verification and rectification before being used for such sensitive administrative decisions.

Another important issue concerns ISSE teachers. During both the previous and current rationalisation exercises, many ISSE teachers have reportedly been included in inter-district transfer lists. They are exempted from inter-district transfer. At the same time, in schools where ISSE teachers constitute a significant portion of the teaching workforce, regular teachers may become more vulnerable to inter-district transfer because the existing methodology does not adequately distinguish between sanctioned regular posts and ISSE deployment.

The Education Department may therefore consider making appropriate provisions for ISSE teachers in the TRP and adopting a clear mechanism for calculating sanctioned posts and actual teacher requirements. This would help ensure that regular teachers are not adversely affected merely because ISSE teachers are deployed in those schools.

The latest discrepancies once again demonstrate that there are several technical and policy-related issues that need to be addressed before the TRP is used for future rationalisation exercises.

If it takes so long to modify the orders and errors still remain, it is time to thoroughly review the system before it causes further hardship to teachers.

A concerned teacher