Haryana guest teachers will not be regularised, education department order says

Haryana's School Education Department has rejected the demand of guest teachers in government schools to be made regular employees, issuing what is called a speaking order on their claims. Principal Secretary of the Education Department Vijay Dahiya confirmed that guest teachers cannot be regularised, according to a report on Monday, 2 November 2026, while saying the government continues to offer them job security until the age of 58. About 10,757 guest teachers are affected, according to most reports. Teachers' unions have announced a protest in Kurukshetra on 14 and 15 November.

Guest teachers work in Haryana's government schools on terms different from those of regular, permanent teachers. Regularisation would give them the status of permanent government employees, with the pay structure, benefits and protections that come with it. That has been their central demand for years, and it is the demand the department has now turned down.

A speaking order is an official order that gives reasons for a decision. The order's full reasons have not been made public in the reports seen so far.

The government's position is that the guest teachers keep their jobs until 58 even without regularisation. The teachers and the opposition argue that this falls short of the security and benefits of permanent posts, and that earlier assurances pointed to more. Both positions are set out here as their holders stated them.

For students, the dispute matters because these teachers staff many classrooms in government schools. Protests and sit-ins can affect teaching time, and uncertainty over the future of a large part of the teaching workforce affects planning in the schools that depend on them. Teachers' organisations may restart their agitation across the state, according to one report, which would widen the effect beyond Kurukshetra.

Peepals timeline: Guest teachers in Haryana have sought regularisation for years. A union sit-in at the Kurukshetra Mini Secretariat had run for 134 days by Monday, 2 November 2026, meaning it began around late June. On 2 November, it was reported that the School Education Department had rejected the regularisation claims in a speaking order, and the Principal Secretary confirmed the position. On 3 November, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala criticised the decision. Unions have called a protest in Kurukshetra for 14 and 15 November.

Short-term: The planned protest on 14 and 15 November may disrupt work in some schools. Teachers' organisations may also consider challenging the speaking order.

Long-term: The decision fixes the status of a large group of teachers as non-regular staff with job security until 58, which shapes their pay and benefits and the state's staffing of government schools.

Who is affected: About 10,757 guest teachers and their families, students in Haryana's government schools, school heads who rely on guest teachers, and the state's education department.

What to watch next: The protest in Kurukshetra on 14 and 15 November 2026, and whether the teachers' unions challenge the speaking order.

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