The State government will bring the issue of the granting of leave travel allowance to the teachers and employees of the Education department in the meeting of the State cabinet. The Education minister Dhan Singh Rawat said on Friday that the education department employees and teachers will get the benefit of travel leave once in a year. The statement of the minister assumes significance because the finance department has annulled a decision of the Education department in this regard. On the orders of the education minister, the director general of Education Banshidhar Tiwari had issued an order on August 14 that all the teachers and employees of the State Education department will receive the benefit of the leave travel allowance once in a year. The employees of the Education department were demanding the facility of the allowance on the lines of the similar benefit given to the employees of the Higher Education department in the State. Interestingly, more than one lakh employees and teachers of the Education department availed the benefit of this allowance till September 2020 and after that this was discontinued. Under the scheme the employees will get the allowance and leave of two to six days for travelling to their native place once in a year.
