Aimed at amicably resolving the long pending merger issue of ETT teachers in the Education department, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday gave his nod to constitute a high-powered committee.
The Committee comprises State Rural Development and Panchayat Minister, Education Minister, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Financial Commissioner Rural Development and Panchayats and Principal Secretary School Education.The decision was taken by the Chief Minister during a meeting with five-member delegation of ETT Association led by its president Jaswinder Singh Sidhu, which called on him at his residence.
The Committee would meet after byelections and explore every possibility to sort out this contentious issue, which was pending since long, disclosed a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office.The Chief Minister asked the Committee to give their recommendations for early resolution of this issue to the satisfaction of the agitating ETT teachers.Expressing gratitude to the Chief Minister for this initiative, the ETT delegation welcomed this step and said that it would go a long way in reposing their trust and confidence in the reconciliatory process on one hand besides evolving tangible solution to this vexed issue.