A “Save schools, save education” rally and a teachers’ meeting on the same issue were held here on Tuesday. Earlier, the teachers took out a procession in the town.
The programme jointly organised by the Mayurbhanj Shiksha Suraksha Manch and the Mayurbhanj unit of OSSTA saw the participation of a large number of teachers from all over the district.
A delegation of teachers’ representatives met district Collector Surendra Kumar Meena and handed over to him a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister and the Education Minister. The memorandum reflecting a 17-point charter of demands included abolition of the Block Grant system. It also criticised the Government’s ‘wrong’ education policy.
The procession was led by teacher Chittaranjan Palata and Samir Maiti. The meeting was presided over by OSSTA district president Bijay Kumar Pandit and addressed by teacher leaders Bharat Chandra Baral, Indu Madhab Mohanty, Duryodhan Behera, Balaram Das, Nrusingha Mohanty, Atasi Kundu, Bikash Panda, Satya Ranjan Patnaik and Jadunath Panigashi as well as by JMM district president Fagu Hansdah and Mayurbhanj District Bar Association president Praveer Kumar Basa.