The Secondary education director RK Kunwar has asked the department officials to act swiftly on the genuine problems concerning the Principals of non-Government schools of the State. The director gave these orders when a delegation of federation of Principals of Non government schools of the State met him in his office on Saturday. Kunwar asked the additional directors of Garhwal and Kumaon division to ensure that the problems of the federation are solved promptly.
The delegation held talks on its 10 point agenda with the education department officers on the ocassion. It was decided that the vacant posts of Principals would be filled within a month and appointments of class IV employees would be done through Prantiya Raksha Dal (PRD).
The federation is demanding that the appointments in the schools which were advertised in the year 2011-12 should be done on basis of priority. The other major demand is that the clear cut guidelines for the contributory pension scheme should be issued. The Principals also want that their monthly meetings are be organised regularly so that they could share their problems among themselves.
The federation also wants a clear directive on the appointment, leaves and mode of payments for the Bhojan Matas posted in their schools. The delegation of federation included District Secretary Avdesh Kumar, District President Prakash Chandra Suyal, Pradeep Dabral, A K Srivastava, G D Semwal and others