Minister of State of Education Deepak Joshi has said that the State Government has taken steps to increase the honour of the teachers by providing them with pay and honorarium. He was addressing a divisional conference of teachers.
In the meeting, the Minister said that the State Government would make all efforts to increase the honor of the teacher. The Government has discontinued ‘Karmi’ culture and restored honorable position of teachers.
The pay of the teachers has also been increased much. The education minister Joshi said that such education system should be establish in the State in which all the educational activities should continue with the consent of the teachers. Joshi said that the government is considering it seriously that 25 per cent post of principal should be filled up by the promotion of senior teachers.
The teachers striking on the demand of equal work, equal pay and merger in the education department have come back to the work. But the Government is not fulfilling their demands so the token protest still continues by wearing black bandages, all the striking teachers reached the schools and registered their attendance. later on they taught the students by bearing black badges.
On Saturday they received notices issued the collector for removing from service. All the teachers have given reply to the notice to their CAC by taking legal advice. The teachers are waiting for high court on 5 October. The court termed the strike illegal so the Government is not considering their demands.
The district president of Teachers’ Congress Kuldeep Singh Rajput said that the teachers have returned to work today. But protest, demonstration is continuing. Reply of the notice of collector has been given through CAC. Now we would plead our case in the high court on 5 October that our strike is not illegal.