Thursday 19 December 2013

UT SSA teachers launch letter-posting drive

Chandigarh, December 18
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers Welfare Association (SSATWA) has launched a letter-posting campaign against HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju and f
ive senior officials of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development here.

A request letter has been signed by more than 1,100 Junior Basic and Trained Graduate teachers. Besides the HRD Minister, the letters have been addressed to MHRD Secretary Rajarshi Bhattacharya, Additional Secretary Vrinda Sarup, Director Meenakshi Jolly, Under Secretary Jyoti Pahwa and Under Secretary Lakshmi Chand Mehra. Every JBT and TGT teacher working under the SSA in government schools signed six letters in which they have requested all the minister and the officials to look into the long-pending issue of regularisation of SSA teachers and providing approval or sanction to 1,390 posts. The proposal was sent by the Education Department, Chandigarh Administration, on June 17 2013.

Arvind Rana, president of the SSATWA, said: "Through 600 letters and 200 colourful envelopes, more than 1,100 teachers have requested the HRD Minister to intervene in the matter and provide approval to 1,390 posts of JBT and TGT teachers already working under the SSA, Chandigarh".

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