The members of the Association of Aided School Principals met State Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday at his residence and apprised him of their demands. The delegation also presented the Chief Minister its 10 point agenda on the occasion. The president of association AK Kaushik informed the Chief Minister had assured them that their demands would be looked into by the State Government. Rawat also suggested that a meeting of Education Secretary and Director could be convened for discussing the demands of the association.
The major demands of the association are upgradation of Principals to the grade pay of `7600, removal of disparity between the Government and aided schools for minimum students for constituting a separate section and permission of English medium recognition for the aided schools. The other 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 association also wants a clear directive on the appointment, leaves and mode of payments for the Bhojan Matas posted in their schools.
The association is demanding that the appointments in the schools which were advertised in the year 2011-12 should be done on basis of priority. The president of association said that the aided schools of State were facing regular neglect by the State Government ever since a separate State of Uttarakhand was set up. He said that the facilities and performance of the aided schools is far better as compared to the government schools.
The delegation of association included District Secretary Avdesh Kumar, District President Prakash Chandra Suyal, Pradeep Dabral, A K Srivastava, G D Semwal and others.
