The teachers belonging to Junior High School Shikshak Sangh (JHSS) organised a dharna at the State Education Directorate on Thursday. The JHSS is on a path of agitation in support of its 21-point demands. On the day, a large number of teachers assembled at the directorate and engaged in vehement slogan shouting.
Addressing teachers, the state President of the JHSS, Subhash Chauhan said that the demand of the implementation of three tier cadre system in the schools of the state is in interest of the state as a sum of more than Rs 240 Crore would be saved every year by having this system. He said that the education minister Mantri Prasad Naithani has invited the representatives of all teacher organizations for presenting their views on three tier system in a workshop to be held on September 26 and 27. Chauhan said that if no decision is taken even after this workshop than the teachers of Junior high school would observe a strike onSeptember 29. The teachers of junior schools would march to the residence of state chief Minister Harish Rawat on the day and court arrests.
The leaders of the Rajkeeya ShikshaK Sangh, Ram Singh Chauhan and Sohan Singh Majila attended the Dharna and offered support of their organisation to JHSS. The media advisor of state chief minister, Rajiv Jain also visited the agitation site and informed that the CM has invited a delegation of teachers for talks onSeptember 23. The agitated teachers met the primary education director Seema Jaunsari and handed her a memo mentioning their demands.