Indore teachers await remuneration for exam duties over two academic years

Time of India

24-04-2025

Indore: Govt school teachers, who served as centre heads and assistant centre heads for
class 5 and 8 state board examinations
under
Rajya Siksha Kendra
(RSK) are still awaiting their dues for the past two academic years—2022–23 and 2023–24. Despite repeated follow-ups, the amount of nearly Rs 23 lakh remains unpaid. While the State Education Centre (RSK) sanctioned a budget of Rs 16.63 lakh for the 2024–25 examination session, the backlog of payments from the last two years continues to cause concern among teachers.
These teachers were responsible for handling crucial tasks such as managing question paper distribution, photocopying, printing documents, arranging stationery, bags for answer sheets, and other exam-related logistics—expenses they covered from their own pockets. This year, approximately 99,228 students appeared for the exams in Indore district—49,827 in Class 5 and 49,401 in Class 8. Around 314 examination centres were set up across the district, which has 2,686 MP Board-affiliated govt and private middle schools.
The RSK fixed rates for various exam-related tasks—Rs 4 per question paper for Class 5, Rs 6 for Class 8, Rs 20–30 per centre for packing, Rs 400 per day for contingency, Rs 5,000 for Jan Shiksha Kendras, and Rs 10,000 for evaluation centres. Funds for the current year have been transferred to the District Project Coordinator (DPC) through the DigiGOV portal.
However, centre heads claim that despite performing their duties diligently, they were not reimbursed for two consecutive years. Evaluation centres set up for checking answer sheets have also not received their share of funds. Indore DPC Sanjay Kumar Mishra said, "While this year's budget has been allocated, the status of the pending dues from previous years would have to be verified."