The DHMs  consider it  wrong to deny them the  right  to work in upper classes.The union submits that DHMs “are people who have accumulated  a minimum of 30 years of experience in teaching  and there is no pedagogical reason for which they should be given only lower  classes.”

These officers feel humiliated if they are given only lower classes while people reckoning one to five years of experience are allocated higher classes. “ It is evident that DHMs on whom lower classes are imposed are demotivated and consequently they either take a maximum amount of leaves or just cannot give the best of themselves. In such cases, it is the pupils who bear the brunt of the situation.”

The union further submits: “ There  are many DHMs who have been excellent teachers and who can still give the best of themselves ; these people should as a matter of fact be encouraged to continue to give the best of themselves” and that since “ class allocation exercise is the sole prerogative of headmasters, they  should be entrusted the responsibility to decide” whether DHMs deserve an upper class or not. “Allocation of higher classes to DHMs should be decided also on the basis of merit and performance,” the union says.

The union also thinks that probationers and trainee teachers should not in any case have priority on DHMs on the issue of allocation of classes.