In support of their one-point demand of restoring old pension scheme, the primary teachers of Government schools of Uttarakhand organised a massive protest at parade ground here on Saturday. The protest was part of all India agitation by teachers and other employee organisations on the issue.
All the Government employees who joined service after January 1, 2004 are provided pension under National Pension Scheme (NPS). These employees now want that they should be provided benefit of old pension scheme. On the day the teachers owing affiliation to the Prathemic Shikshak Sangh (PSS) held the protest.
The president of PSS, Digvijay Singh said that the primary teachers of the country are united on the demand of immediate withdrawal of the new pension scheme and implementation of the old one.
He said that the discrepancies of the VI pay commission should be removed and VII pay commission recommendations should be implemented across the board for all teachers of the country.
The teachers are also demanding for the constitution of a National Commission for Primary Education on the lines of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The speakers on the occasion said that the agitation would be further intensified. State level agitation would be held from January 17 to 22 , 2020 and the national level protests would be organised from February 21 to 27, 2020.