Bathinda, November 24
The Bathinda unit of the Unaided Staff (Aided School) Front, Punjab, took out a protest march in the city today. Addressing the protesters, Jaspal Singh Gill, the state president of the union, stated that the last time members of the union had taken out a protest march, it was assured that their meeting would be arranged with the Education Minister of Punjab, Sikander Singh Maluka.
He added that since the administration did not fulfil its promise, the union had no option but to stage a protest again in favour of its demands.
He accused the state government of turning a blind eye towards the development of the aided schools. Gill said the government was trying its best to either shut these schools or merge them with government schools.
Denouncing the state government’s decision to rope in Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra for a performance at the opening ceremony of the 4th World Cup Kabaddi in Bathinda, Gill said, “The government is ready to cough up Rs 6.5 crore to bring an actress to Bathinda but it doesn’t have money to pay salaries of teachers in the state.”
The union members also stated that the employees had to struggle to get their due financial benefits like salaries, grants, dearness allowance, revised pay grades and arrears among others. They alleged that the government was turning a blind eye to the aided schools as it had to bear 95 per cent of the expenditure of these schools.
They added that the government’s order of freezing recruitment of teachers for these schools in 2003 was a clear indication of its lack of interest in these schools.
LEADER SPEAK
"The state government is turning a blind eye towards the development of the aided schools. The government is trying its best to either shut these schools or merge them with government schools. This because it has to bear 95 per cent of the expenditure of these schools." — Jaspal Singh Gill, unaided staff (aided school) front
The Bathinda unit of the Unaided Staff (Aided School) Front, Punjab, took out a protest march in the city today. Addressing the protesters, Jaspal Singh Gill, the state president of the union, stated that the last time members of the union had taken out a protest march, it was assured that their meeting would be arranged with the Education Minister of Punjab, Sikander Singh Maluka.
He added that since the administration did not fulfil its promise, the union had no option but to stage a protest again in favour of its demands.
He accused the state government of turning a blind eye towards the development of the aided schools. Gill said the government was trying its best to either shut these schools or merge them with government schools.
Denouncing the state government’s decision to rope in Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra for a performance at the opening ceremony of the 4th World Cup Kabaddi in Bathinda, Gill said, “The government is ready to cough up Rs 6.5 crore to bring an actress to Bathinda but it doesn’t have money to pay salaries of teachers in the state.”
The union members also stated that the employees had to struggle to get their due financial benefits like salaries, grants, dearness allowance, revised pay grades and arrears among others. They alleged that the government was turning a blind eye to the aided schools as it had to bear 95 per cent of the expenditure of these schools.
They added that the government’s order of freezing recruitment of teachers for these schools in 2003 was a clear indication of its lack of interest in these schools.
LEADER SPEAK
"The state government is turning a blind eye towards the development of the aided schools. The government is trying its best to either shut these schools or merge them with government schools. This because it has to bear 95 per cent of the expenditure of these schools." — Jaspal Singh Gill, unaided staff (aided school) front
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