As part of the All India Kendriya Vidyalaya Teachers’ Association’s (AIKVTA) call for a nationwide agitation, the AIKVTA, Bhubaneswar Region on Thursday staged a demonstration at the main gates of Kendriya Vidyalayas here in protest against the “indifferent” attitude of the KVS authorities towards its long-pending demands.
The teachers’ demands include implementation of MACP, Death and Gratuity and Provisional Family Pension, increase in the Government’s share from 10% to 14% for NPS holders, provision of CGHS facilities to all staffs, resorving of problem of the PRTs, conversion of CPF to GPF and early payment of 25 % arrear of the 7th CPC. The association also sought stopping of “exploitation” of women at working place and highhandedness of Vidyalaya authorities.
Teachers sat on dharnas by wearing black badges at the school gates after school hour. Thereafter, a team submitted a memorandum to the KVS Deputy Commissioner, informed association secretary Bamdev Baghar.