Primary school teachers of all the Government schools of State have decided to launch a major protest in the month of August if their demands are not fulfilled.
In a meeting held at district education campus situated in Kutchehry on Sunday, the All Jharkhand Primary Teachers' Association (AJPTA) decided to launch a protest against the false promises of State government and disruptive policies of officials on August 3. Chairperson of the association, Bijendra Choubey said, "We have decided to organize a protest at all the districts on August 3 and gherao CM residence on August 31 to get our demands heard."
Some of the major demands of the association includes filling up of 3,226 vacant posts of principals in government schools and increment of salary of teachers at par with promotion among others.“We are also protesting against the new promotion policy which is being made as it has a number of discrepancies and loopholes and is not in favour of teachers,” Choubey said. The association is also demanding removal of the rule which says that a teacher cannot be transferred to his or her home district until they have served at some other district for a minimum of five years. “There are over 7,000 women teachers who have no option but to leave their home districts and families because of this rule. We want this rule to be revoked,” the president said.
The association also demanded promotion of teachers from commerce background and providing benefits to teachers who were appointed between 1982 to 1986 on compassionate grounds from the day of appointment. "These teachers have been promoted to grade one. There was a direction of High Court that they should be given all the benefits of a grade one teacher from the day of appointment but the government has not yet issued the notification for clearing the arrears," Choubey said.The association is also protesting against the direction of the State government where salary of those teachers who fail to mark biometric attendance was deducted.