Even as the General Elections are approaching fast, the State Government on Wednesday announced an increase in the remunerations and career advancement policy for the Gana Shikshaks, a category of schoolteachers, based on their qualifications, training and seniority.
Schools and Mass Education Minister Rabi Narayan Nanda made the announcement in the State Assembly. “The new policy will be effective from April 1, 2013,” he said.
As per the new policy, April 1, 2013 will be taken as the cutoff date for considering seniority. The Gana Shikshaks who have worked satisfactorily for six years would be considered as seniors.
The Gana Shikshaks who are seniors as per the new policy and are matriculates, would get a remuneration of `3,700 per month. Those who have done matriculation along with CT, +2 or +3 and are senior as per the new policy would get `4,200.
Similarly, trained +2 and +3-passed Gana Shikshaks with seniority would get a monthly remuneration of `5,200.
The Gana Shikshyaks who have educational qualification of +2 or more along with required training and completed six years of work satisfactorily or three years after training would be taken as Zilla Parishad Group-II teachers. Their remuneration would be `7,000.
The Gana Shikshyaks who satisfactorily complete three years as Group-II Zilla Parishad teachers would be considered as regular Zilla Parishad
teachers.
The Minister said as many as 22,724 Gana Shikshyaks would be benefited from the new policy and the State Government would bear an additional burden of `123.07 crore towards payment of remuneration to them.
Earlier on November 30, the Government had announced an increase in the remunerations of Shiksha Sahayaks (SSs) and Junior Teachers. While the remuneration of SSs was hiked by `1,200 per month, the Junior Teachers in Government primary and upper primary schools would get an additional `2,500 per month.
The State Government has to bear an additional burden of `176.76 crore per annum due to hike in the pay packet of SSs and Junior Teachers.