Over 10,000 teachers working in 1,600 primary schools under the ST and SC Development Department will begin an indefinite cease-work stir and sit on a dharna here on January 2 to press for fulfilment of their 11 demands.
The All Odisha Elementary Teachers’ Association, ST and SC Development Department (AOETA, SSD) announced this here on Wednesday.
“A representative team had presented an 11-point charter of demands to the Chief Minister and departmental Minister on November 29. The Minister had assured to consider the demands by December 25.
However, no result has been yielded yet. Hence, we have decided to begin indefinite stir from January 2,” said association members at a Press conference here on Tuesday.
The demands include removal in payment of Grade Pay and early implementation of the Cadre Rule. United Teachers and Employees Association president Bikram Keshari Burma, AOETA (SSD) president Mrutyunjaya Haldar, general secretary Tumanath Nayak, vice-president Prem Sagar Das and Binod Chandra Das, organising secretary Prashant Kumar Monaty were present. They said all Sevashrams, Abasika Sevashrams, Ashram Vidyalays and hostels run by the SSD Department would be locked from January 2.