Strong resentment is brewing among the part-time teachers of art and sports engaged in different schools here. They alleged that they were made victims of the stepmotherly attitude of the State Government and demanded that they be regularized.One of the criteria for engaging art and sports teachers was the school should have at least 100 students on roll.
As many as 250 schools of the district which fulfilled the norm were given these teachers and according to reports, 439 sports and art teachers were engaged in the schools across the district.
Initially, they were given Rs 100 per class and maximum classes were 24 per month.However , the remuneration was enhanced in the subsequent years and currently, one teacher is getting about Rs 7,000 per month. The teachers said that they don’t get their remuneration during holidays and vacations. Besides, their posts were not regularised.
“Although our monthly salary comes around to Rs 7,000 yet we get a net amount of Rs 5,000 in hand after standard deductions.
The regular teachers get their salaries during the vacation period. We are not paid anything during summer and other vacation periods. During Corona driven lockdown period we didn’t receive a single pie.