The Non-Government Aided and Unaided College Teaching and Nonteaching (Plus Two and Plus Three) Employees’ Association on Sunday threatened that it would observe the coming Guru Divas (Teachers’ Day) on September 5 as ‘black day’if the Government doesn’t meet their various demands by then.
The teachers and employees who were appointed between June 1, 2008 and November 30, 2013 but not recognised by the Government yet informed this at a Press conference here.
They said that about 3,000 lecturers and employees were appointed in 300 colleges as per the direction of the State Government and they have been working at low salaries for the last 11years. But the Government is yet to regularise them.
Association president Dr Deba Bijayee Mishra, general secretary Abhay Kumar Pradhan, treasurer Dibyakant Tripathy, convenor Bimal Chandra
Nandi and State coordinator Santosh Kumar Rao said in a statement that they would observe the Teachers’ Day as ‘black day’ if the teachers are not regularised with full-aid salary