All Block Grant (BG) teachers in the district staged a dharna in front of the district Collectorate here on Friday protesting the State Government’s step-motherly attitude towards them and the deteriorating education system in the State.
The agitators led by Jugal Kishore Pany, Sanjay Kumar Khilar, Ashok Kumar Senapati, Gagan Bihari lenka and Madhusudan Rout submitted a 10-point charter of demands to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through the district Collector
The demands include conversions of 2,210 schools, those receiving grant-in-aid and 423 schools, those eligible for it, into Government schools, permanent education policy regarding opening of new high schools, provision of all facilities to students under Sarba Sikhya Abhiyan and Rastriya Madhyamika Sikhya Abhiyan, same pay scale for all teachers with same educational qualification and experience, introduction of service training system for Hindi, Sanskrit and Physical Training instructors and filling up of 1,576 teaching and non-teaching staff posts soon.
The teachers threatened to continue their stir till the 2017 Panchayat election if the demands are not fulfilled forthwith.