A high level meeting held between the BEd Sikshya Sahayak Sangha and School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra, the Education Secretary, the Primary Education Director and the Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) Director failed to yield any results here on Monday, informed Sangha president Ajay Kumar Dhal.
The Sangha held discussion on various problems of the TG teachers who have been appointed since 2011 and demanded to solve their problems.
The Sangha demanded the State Government recognise the trained teachers working in the upper primary schools as TG teachers and provide salary as per TG teachers. They also demanded to abolish the six years’ contractual basis appointment and provide permanent appointment.
They demanded to pay Rs 9,300 basic and grade pay of Rs 4,600 as per the 6th Pay Commission to all the TG teachers and provide all facilities as per 7th Pay Commission and solve the inter-district transfers, besides post death assistance.
On reply, Minister Patra informed that the State Government has started a reform process.
Meanwhile, the Sangha threatened that if the demands are not fulfiled by September 13, they would take to streets from September 16.
It decried the partial attitude of the State Government in providing justice to the different sections of the teachers.
Among others, Sangha Cuttack president Anadi Nayak Barik, State coordinator Purnachandra Khuntia, Amarendra Jena, Ramani Ranjan Nayak, Niranjan Samal, treasurer Amulya Kumar lenka, vice president Nursingha Charan Sahu, organisation secretary Khirod Swain, Nibedita Nayak, Ajay Biswal, Kalandi Jena, Sadasiv Behera, Alek Das, Alok Rout and Bhawani Biswal were present.