Amritsar, November 14 With conducting of physical verification of teachers, buildings and other infrastructure of aided schools, the Government Aided-School Teachers Union's demand for merger with the Education Department has apparently gained credence with the state
government. Three-day verification of 40 aided schools in the district ended today. The final report will be submitted to the Deputy Director Aided Schools tomorrow. As per the Right to Information (RTI) Act and orders of the apex court, all state governments were to fill the vacant posts by September 2013. The union leaders argue that about 60 per cent vacancies in the aided schools, which translate into over 5,000 posts, are lying vacant. To fill the same, all these would cost more than Rs 300 crore which would be a huge economic burden on the government. By merging the employees of the government-aided schools, the state government will get 4,300 experienced employees. In case, the government fills posts then they would have to give them at least basic salary of about Rs 10,300. The state government provides 95 per cent grant in aid while the rest of the 5 per cent is shared by the managing committees of the respective schools. Teachers of these schools have been complaining of being overburdened. They maintain that the service rules for the employees of aided schools are same as compared to their counterparts in the government schools. They say when it comes to salary, the government-aided school teachers are not being paid on a par with their counterparts. Hardeep Singh Dhindsa, an aided school teacher, said it was in 1967 that the then Chief Minister Lachchman Singh Gill brought all the private schools under the grant-in-aid system on the Delhi pattern. He said 9,468 posts were sanctioned to 508 schools in the state. He claimed that so far 24 schools have either been closed while others are on the verge of closure. The district education office specifically checked whether any aided schools were operating public schools from their premises or grant-in-aid teachers are being used for other purposes and how many posts of teachers are lying vacant.
government. Three-day verification of 40 aided schools in the district ended today. The final report will be submitted to the Deputy Director Aided Schools tomorrow. As per the Right to Information (RTI) Act and orders of the apex court, all state governments were to fill the vacant posts by September 2013. The union leaders argue that about 60 per cent vacancies in the aided schools, which translate into over 5,000 posts, are lying vacant. To fill the same, all these would cost more than Rs 300 crore which would be a huge economic burden on the government. By merging the employees of the government-aided schools, the state government will get 4,300 experienced employees. In case, the government fills posts then they would have to give them at least basic salary of about Rs 10,300. The state government provides 95 per cent grant in aid while the rest of the 5 per cent is shared by the managing committees of the respective schools. Teachers of these schools have been complaining of being overburdened. They maintain that the service rules for the employees of aided schools are same as compared to their counterparts in the government schools. They say when it comes to salary, the government-aided school teachers are not being paid on a par with their counterparts. Hardeep Singh Dhindsa, an aided school teacher, said it was in 1967 that the then Chief Minister Lachchman Singh Gill brought all the private schools under the grant-in-aid system on the Delhi pattern. He said 9,468 posts were sanctioned to 508 schools in the state. He claimed that so far 24 schools have either been closed while others are on the verge of closure. The district education office specifically checked whether any aided schools were operating public schools from their premises or grant-in-aid teachers are being used for other purposes and how many posts of teachers are lying vacant.
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