The BEd Junior Teachers’ Association on Sunday demanded that the State Government make provisions for increasing salary of Junior Teachers in its upcoming Annual Budget 2020-21.
“There has been no increase in the salary of Junior Teachers working under the School and Mass Education Department since 2015, while the Government has already raised salary of other employees in all categories by 25 per cent of basic pay and at the annual rate of 10 per cent based on recommendations of the 7 the Pay Commission. Thus, the Government should make provisions to increase salary of Junior Teachers in the upcoming budget,” demanded the association. Informing that the Junior Teachers are getting a meagre monthly salary of Rs 6,512, association president Saroj Kumar Panda and general secretary Rupesh Kumar Sahoo also demanded that contractual period of six years should be considered as regular service period when the regular status is granted to them. They too warned to take to the streets if demands are not met.