CHANDIGARH, Nov. 27 -- The Haryana school education directorate on Wednesday applied brakes on the practice of assigning non-academic duties to the government school teachers, directing to "relieve immediately" the teachers currently posted in any "non-academic role" in offices other than the education department.

Calling the practice of "teachers currently posted in any non-academic role" a violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the instructions issued to all districts education officers, elementary education officers, district project coordinators and block education officers, reiterate to relieve staff in question "without delay."

The communication says that "a teacher's highest duty is teaching" and that full availabil...