The hunger-strike of the PTA teachers continued on the seventh day on Thursday. These teachers are camping at the protest site near parade ground and are demanding that the state government should absorb them into the teacher cadre. There are 461 teachers in the government schools of the state who were appointed by the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) of the schools. They are paid a monthly stipend of Rs 15000 by the state government. These teachers are demanding their absorption in the government services. Speaking at the Dharana site the state President of the association of PTA teachers, Sandeep Rawat said that the PTA teachers are on path of agitation from August 13 due to which the academic environment in the schools is being affected. The district president of Uttarakhand Madhyamik Shikshak Sangh Sanjay Bijalwan also expressed the support of his organisation to the cause of PTA teachers. Rashmi Kala and Suman Dhaundiyal who are sitting on a hunger strike said that they would continue their fast till the government accepts their demands.