Block Grant (BG) school teachers under the banner of the Odisha Vidyalaya Sikshak Mahasangh gheraoed offices of the Block Education Officers (BEOs) across the State from Tuesday reiterating their demand for regularisation of their service and
Grant-in-Aid (GIA) system of salary payment.
The teachers’ body has also decided to launch a door-to-door campaign and meet the parents of the school children seeking their support during their three-day campaign from Sep 21.
Following this, the teachers would hold a two-day protest rallies in front of BEO offices from Sep 25 pressing for fulfillment of their demands, he added.
The Mahasangh has even threatened to gherao the State Secretariat here on Sep 30 if their demands are not fulfilled by then.
Mahasangha convener Prakash Chandra Mohanty said the Government has put a lock on the education system in the State since long. The teachers’ have not locked the schools, they are on cease work agitation only, he added.
“The Government is ignoring the demands and necessities of the teachers and the schools. The teachers are agitating to fulfil their demands,” said Mohanty.
Notably, the teachers had gheroed houses of MlAs and prevented them from going to the Assembly on Aug 20 while they were agitating at the lower PMG.
The indefinite stir of at least 40,000 block grant
studies of students to grinding halt in nearly 4,000 schools across the State.