The Education Minister Mantri Prasad Naithani assured a delegation of Prathmik Shikshak Sangh (PSS) on Monday that the issue of exempting teachers from BlO duties would be discussed with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the State.
The minister invited suggestions from the leaders of biggest teacher organisation for introducing three tier systems of teachers in State in sync with schools of central government. He assured the delegation that the demands of fixing the salary of Primary teacher at `17140 at entry level and one additional salary increment of Junior High school teachers would be sent to the state finance department for consideration.
Naithani said that 30 per cent vacant posts of lecturer Teachers (lT) would be filled by primary teachers. The proposal of extending the service of award winning teachers by two years was also discussed in the meeting on which the minister asked the officers of the department to prepare a proposal for amending the service manual of teachers for it.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary S Raju, Secretary Education M C Joshi, Director General (DG) school education D Senthil Pandian, Primary education director Seema Jaunsari, President of PSS Nirmala Mahar and others.