Teachers to gherao Maluka on October 5
Tribune News Service
Patiala, October 2
Members of the Government Aided Schools and Other Employees Union have decided to gherao Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on October 5.
State president of the union Gurcharan Singh Chahal said due to the destructive policy of the state government, aided schools were on the verge of closure. The state government had not filled the vacant posts in these schools sin
ce 2003 and almost 60 per cent posts in all schools are lying vacant," she said.
District president of the Patiala union Jagmohan Lal Bansal said the government should take immediate steps to fill up the vacant posts. In case it was not possible for the government to fill up the vacant posts, it would be beneficial for the government to merge the staff of the aided schools with the government schools under the same civil service rules, he said.
General secretary of the union Ashwini Sharma said a meeting was held between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a delegation of the union, in which it was decided that the employees of the aided schools would be extended the benefit of increased house rent and fixed medical allowance at par with their government counterparts.
Tribune News Service
Patiala, October 2
Members of the Government Aided Schools and Other Employees Union have decided to gherao Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on October 5.
State president of the union Gurcharan Singh Chahal said due to the destructive policy of the state government, aided schools were on the verge of closure. The state government had not filled the vacant posts in these schools sin
ce 2003 and almost 60 per cent posts in all schools are lying vacant," she said.
District president of the Patiala union Jagmohan Lal Bansal said the government should take immediate steps to fill up the vacant posts. In case it was not possible for the government to fill up the vacant posts, it would be beneficial for the government to merge the staff of the aided schools with the government schools under the same civil service rules, he said.
General secretary of the union Ashwini Sharma said a meeting was held between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a delegation of the union, in which it was decided that the employees of the aided schools would be extended the benefit of increased house rent and fixed medical allowance at par with their government counterparts.
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