The agitating instructors of State literacy mission suspended their agitation after the State Government gave assurance to look into their genuine demand.
In support of their five point demands, the instructors’ under the banner of Uttarakhand Rajya Prerak Sangathan were on sit in near the state secretariat. It is learnt that the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat talked with the leaders of association over phone on late Monday night and after his assurance the instructors suspended their agitation. The Spokesperson of the association Makhan lal said that the agitation would be resumed with more potency if their demands are not accepted in next 15 days. These instructors were employed at a remuneration of Rs2000 per month in six districts of Uttarakhand in the year 2010. At present 5500 such instructors are working in the districts of Haridwar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Bageshwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Champawat.
The association is demanding increase of stipend to Rs15000, status of Government employees and adjustment of instructors in the vacant seats of education department.
The instructors are also demanding that the State Government should ensure that all of them are registered in the Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) courses on the lines of Shiksha
Mitras.