Even as the strike by members the Odisha Primary Teachers’ Association (OPTA) (Under New Pension Scheme) and the Odisha Shiksha Sahayak Association (OSSA) reached its sixth day, the teachers’ bodies suspended their stir till November 18 after discussions with the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Monday.
The teachers’ leaders held detailed discussions with the Education Committee of the Government over their three-point charter of demands.
The demands included pay scales as per Seventh Pay Commissions recommendations, regularisation of Shiksha Sahayaks who have completed six years in job and abolition of the post of Shiksha Sahayak and naming them as junior teachers.
The teachers’ bodies threatened that if the Government does not
fulfil their demands, they would hold a mass convention. Among others, OPTA convenor Brahamananda Moharana, OSSA president Malay Kumar Jena, Sushant Behera, Malbika Das, Arjun Kumar Sethi, Yudhistir Sahu, Jeet Ranjan Mahapatra, Jyotiranjan Das, Sudhansu Sekhar Nayak, Sabir Ali Khan, Arat Ranjan Sahu, Uttam Das and Krushna Chandra Behera were present.