Thousands of teachers and employees on Saturday threatened to stage stir onJuly 18 and gherao the Secondary Education Directorate protesting against the rollback of the Revised Assured Career Progression Scheme (RACPS), informed All Odisha Federation of Teachers’ Organisations (AOFTO) working president Bibekananda Dash.
An advertisement regarding giving RACP to full grant-in-aid schools was published on October 5, 2015. Based on the RACP, the District Education Officers have also given salary to the teachers. But Secondary Education Director cancelled the RACPS on May 11, 2016 in the name of audit, Dash said at a Press meet held here on Saturday.
Though audit work of more than five districts have already finished, the department did not publish the audit report, he added.
“If the Secondary Education Director would not re-implement the RACP by July 17, then we would gherao the Secondary Education Directorate,” said AOFTO general secretary Rabi Ray.
Besides, the association’s demands also include increasing the retirement age to 62, giving UGC pay scale salary to the librarians, demonstrators and sports teachers etc.
library Sangh president Sushant Nayak, adviser Duryodhan Parida and Gopal Nanda were present, among others.