The convention of the Rajkeeya Shikshak Sangh (RSS), the association of Government school lecturers and lecturer Teachers (lT), started at Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district on Tuesday. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat formally inaugurated the three day convention at AN Jha Inter college by ceremonial lighting of the lamp.
Speaking on the occasion, Rawat said that the State Government is spending more money on education than many other States so that children of Uttarakhand make a separate identity for themselves in the field of education. He called upon the teachers to do their best possible efforts to alleviate the quality of education in the state. The CM said that the people of the state should work hard to ensure that the state participates in the race for development. The office bearers of the teachers’ body handed over a memorandum listing 24 demands. The CM assured that a high level meeting comprising the finance minister, education minister, members of the teacher associations and top officials of education department would deliberate on the demands of teachers. He assured that the genuine demands of teachers would be fulfilled.
Rawat said that the teachers whose salaries are drawn from centrally funded Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikha Abhiyan (RMSA) are irregular due to delay in receipt of funds from Union government. The CM informed that state government is opening eight more engineering colleges in the state. He quipped that Uttarakhand leads Uttar Pradesh in opening new schools on the basis of population.
The Finance Minister, Indira Hridayesh said that teacher associations should raise only genuine and reasonable demands. The Congress state co in charge, Sanjay Gupta said that teachers play an important role in making the child educated.
Welcoming the guests, the President of RSS, Karnel Singh said that the government should remove the shortcomings in the teacher transfer policy.
large numbers of delegates representing teachers from all parts of the state are participating in the convention in which a new working body would be elected.