The primary teachers and contractual junior teachers have threatened to gherao the BEO offices and Collectorates from February 1 and 2 respectively and begin agitation from February 7 if their demands were not fulfilled before the Assembly Session.
At a State-level convention held here on Sunday, their union discussed various problems afflicting the primary education in the State and came up with their demands like Rs 2,800 grade pay, calculation of six years of Siksha Sahayak in service period, 25 per cent increment in JTC Salary, 10 per cent increment annually and implementation of the old pension scheme.
Educationist and teacher leader Prof Surendra Kumar Jena, OSSTA general secretary Prakash Chandra Mohanty, OPTA general secretary Bibhu Prasad Sahoo and Prabeen Kumar Das among other were present.