Punjab cabinet decided to re-fix the quota of posts for promotion as 75%, 15% and 10% in case of lecturers, headmasters and vocational lecturers/headmasters respectively

167 Posts of JBT/ ETT teachers to be converted into hobby teachers for clearing the backlog of blind category



Nod for setting up radiation safety agency in the State



New Veterinary college to come up at Rampura Phul


2844 Temporary posts of various categories in Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners & their subordinate offices, to be converted into permanent ones


Bill for lump-sum tax under the Punjab Small Traders Rahat Scheme to be introduced in Vidhan Sabha

Rate of tax on sale and purchase of goods through CSD for Serving and Veteran Defence personnel slashed from 6.05% to 4%

Exclusive court for delivering speedy justice to ex-servicemen to come up at Jalandhar

Property tax on residential properties of servicemen/ Ex-servicemen abolished

Proposal for conversion of nearly 3000 temporary posts to into permanent ones okayed

14 new IIITs to be established, Shashi Tharoor says

NEW DELHI: The government has approved the establishment of 14 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), Parliament was told on Wednesday.

"Under the approved scheme of setting up 20 IIITs on a not-for-profit public-private partnership, the central government has given approval for establishment in 14 states," Minister of state for human resource development Shashi Tharoor said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

Central Government is expected to ask the seventh pay commission to consider merging 50% dearness allowance

In a bid to woo central government employees ahead of General Elections, the UPA government is expected to ask the seventh pay commission to consider merging 50% dearness allowance with basic pay of the employees. This will form part of the terms of reference (ToR) for the Commission, to be considered by the Cabinet this week. The Commission may suggest interim relief as well. Officials said the ToR of the Pay Commission

Will absorb local govt teachers, state tells HC

Chandigarh, February 19
Teachers working in schools managed by the state local government now stand a chance of being appointed in the Education Department on a transfer basis. The State of Punjab has assured the Punjab and Haryana High Court that they will also be absorbed as per the requirement in the districts.

Computer teachers plan to gherao CM

Jalandhar, February 19
Computer teachers decided to hold a state-level rally on February 23 at a meeting held here today. Leaders of the Computer Teachers’ Union said despite being regularised, they were not being given many benefits and allowances received by the other regular teachers. The union leaders demanded that they should be brought under the Education Department.

Adarsh school Teachers threaten to protest at Modi's rally

Bathinda, February 19
Members of the Adarsh School Teaching and Non-teaching Staff Association today threatened that if the state government fail to heed their demands, they would stage a protest at Narendra Modi's rally in Jagraon on February 23.

Accusations mar EGS teachers’ counselling Teachers allege that only those who met Chief Minister being given preference

Bathinda, February 19
Counselling procedure of the AIE/EGS teachers, which began in the city on Monday, was today marred by accusations by a section of teachers. The AIE/EGS teachers had observed a dharna in the city from February 2 to 9, were assured by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that they would be given jobs for two years.

SSA/RMSA Teacher Union, Punjab, held a meeting, under the presidentship of Didar Singh Mudaki on sunday

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA)/Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) Teacher Union, Punjab, held a meeting, under the presidentship of Didar Singh Mudaki and general secretary Sunil Mohali, on Sunday. The office-bearers of the association condemned the Ludhiana District Administration and senior police officers for curbing the voice of the teacher union. Office-bearers will hold a meeting on February 23 at Desh Bhagat Yaadgari Hall, Jalandhar, and will chalk out the further course of action.

Aided and unaided colleges of punjab Teachers to go on mass leave

Ludhiana, February 16
Teachers of 136 aided colleges and unaided colleges of Punjab will go on a mass casual leave and hold a protest rally in front of the office of DPI Colleges, Punjab, to push for their pending demands, on March 1.

Minister assures sikhya providers of salary hike

Bathinda, February 16
The Sikhya Providers Union, Punjab, which had planned to take out a rally in the city today cancelled it after SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar assured the union leaders of fixing a meeting with Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.

Zila parishads have failed to manage schools: Teachers

Hoshiarpur, February 16
Teachers of schools run under zila parishads and nagar councils, under the banner of the ETT Union Punjab, held a protest march in the district. The march started from Mukerian and concluded at Nawanshara. The teachers alleged the zila parishads and nagar councils had failed to run the schools smoothly and in past seven years, they did not receive their pay on time.

Bajwa backs EGS teachers

Chandigarh, February 14
Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa today said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was misleading people on the salaries of education volunteers recruited under the EGS and other Centre-sponsored schemes.

BJP to back aided school teachers

Amritsar, February 14
State BJP chief Kamal Sharma has promised full support to the demand of the Aided School Teachers and Other Employees Union who have been seeking merger with the Education Department.

Ajay Chauhan of the union said a delegation of the union met the BJP chief who responded positively to the demand.

Special school to be ready by July Construction work in full swing, government hires three contractors

Bathinda, February 14
Academically brilliant students, scoring 80 per cent or more marks in Class X examinations will be able to enroll themselves in Special Residential School which is being built for them starting this academic season. The construction of the school is going on in full swing with three contractors being given the responsibility to finish the project at the earliest.

Although the CM had announced that he wished that the school should be completed by May and be able to cater to the students seeking admission in Classes XI to XII, the government will be able to announce opening of admissions starting July, when the school and its hostels are expected to be ready.

Haryana govt hikes dearness relief for its pensioners and family

The Haryana government has revised the dearness relief payable to its pensioners and family pensioners on the unrevised pension from the existing rate of 166% to 183% with effect from July 1, 2013, according to an official release on Friday. A notification to this effect has been issued by the finance department here.

50% posts vacant in govt colleges, guests lecturers fill in on petty salaries

More than 50% vacancies of lecturers in all the 48 government colleges of Punjab are lying vacant as 900 teachers who are filling up for this huge gap as guest lecturers are on strike for the past 23 days in protest against paltry wages they are getting. Advertisement These guest lecturers, who have eventually become the backbone of the teaching faculties in these colleges, have been getting `7,000 a month, which is being paid from the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) funds of respective colleges. Their main demand is disbursement of Rs. 25,000 as salary package, as per the UGC guidelines besides immediate implementation of the December 2011 notification of the Punjab government to increase their package to

66 arrested SSA/RMSA teachers released

Ludhiana, February 13
The City Police has released the 66 teachers arrested for staging a protest at the Grain Market on the Jalandhar bypass on February 2.

The teachers, working under the Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), were demanding regularisation of their jobs.

District president of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union Amandeep Singh Dadhahoor said, "The unconditional release of the teachers is the victory of our struggle. Their arrest was unconstitutional."

Adarsh school recovers salaries ‘inadvertently’ paid to teachers

Faridkot, February 13
The Punjab Education Development Board (PEDB) has recovered three months’ salary from five women teachers of an Adarsh school that was paid to them “inadvertently” during their paid maternity leave.

The teachers — Rajni Goyal, Jaspreet Kaur, Shifali, Sandeep Kaur and Harpreet Kaur — of Adarash School in Faridkot’s Middumann village were not paid salaries for November, December and January to recover Rs 1,68,500 on the account salary drawn by them during the three-month maternity leave. The teachers went on leave between May and September last year.

'No proposal to extend MBBS course duration'

Chandigarh, February 13, 2014 Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has clarified that that the ministry was not considering any proposal to extend the duration of the MBBS course. The ministry has also suspended its decision of one-year

Assam govt to fill up over 1 lakh vacancies

Guwahati, Feb. 13 (PTI) Assam government will provide employment to over one lakh people across various departments in the future, the state Assembly was told today. Presenting the 2014-15 interim budget, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, "I have asked all the departments to provide appointments against all available vacancies numbering around 1,00,927 in a time-bound manner." Since 2005-06, the government has created 1,15,439 new posts, of which 20,692 have been created during the current financial year, he added.

Staff resent non-payment of salaries Teachers have to provide eatables to students, lament poor economic health

Amritsar, February 11
Even as the state government is gearing up for a mega event to mark the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the war memorial here on Wednesday, employees of various departments are lamenting non-payment of salaries.

Staff at a majority of government schools have not been paid salaries since December. It is affecting academic and other routine work at these schools. Though the mid-day meal for the schools situated in the municipal corporation limit has been outsourced to one NGO but its working has been affected in rural areas, said office-bearers of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF). They said teachers were forced to arrange eatables and other articles on their own to continue providing meals to students. They said it would have been nice that the state government had cleared pending dues before holding a mega event.

CM to meet 13 employee unions on Feb 18

Bathinda, February 11
Members of the 13 different unions of the Punjab government employees today held a convention against the state government at the Grain Market today.

Protesting against the government to discuss their 16 main demands, the union members had decided to take out a protest rally in the city. However, before the rally could be taken out, the district administration intervened and assured the agitating unions of getting a meeting fixed with Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.

665 vacancies created in medical colleges: Joshi

The medical education and research department of Punjab has created 665 new vacancies of faculty and paramedical staff to further strengthen the medical infrastructure and service delivery system in government medical colleges and hospitals. Advertisement Besides,

Punjab to appoint 15000 TET passed teachers in this year-Maluka

Teachers protest state govt ‘apathy’ Various unions burn govt’s effigy and demand immediate release of arrested activists

Jagraon, February 10
Scores of protesters, led by representatives of various teachers' unions, held a massive protest rally against the state government in Jagraon today. The protesters blocked traffic on Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway for around 15 minutes and burnt the effigy of the state government.

The protesters denounced the state government and raised slogans against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.

HC: Candidates seeking revaluation can apply for job

Chandigarh, February 10
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that from now on, candidates will be able to apply for government jobs even if they have not cleared the qualifying examination, but have applied for re-evaluation before the last date for submitting forms.

The High Court has also made it clear that advertisements issued in future for carrying out selections to “any post” would specifically mention that the candidates seeking re-evaluation in the eligibility examination “shall also be entitled to file an application provisionally while mentioning this fact clearly.

Truce with education volunteers may not last. 11 EGS teachers still atop water tank

Chandigarh, February 10
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal seems to have managed only a temporary truce with the agitating education volunteers working under the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS), Special Trainer Teachers (STR) and Alternative Innovative Education (AIE) schemes.

Gagan from Abohar, who was among those who met the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here yesterday, said the teachers may have to go on strike again. A senior officer, requesting anonymity, said: “If the teachers resort to another agitation demanding jobs without fulfilling the eligibility criteria, it will be sheer blackmail. ”

Punjab Govt must set up pay commission: Speaker

Fatehgarh Sahib, February10
State Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal today said the Punjab Government should constitute a pay commission on the pattern of the Union Government for the welfare of its employees as they played a vital role in the development of the state.

While talking to mediapersons here today, he said he would take up the matter with the state government.

Ahead of poll, high-deficit Budget makes Punjab govt jittery Will present it after Lok Sabha elections to prevent backlash

Chandigarh, February 10
Punjab's political leadership does not want to show any blemishes as it gears up for the Lok Sabha elections. Aiming to be an important part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), if they win a majority of the seats in the state, the SAD-BJP Government is not keen on presenting a Budget showcasing its slow revenue growth and high fiscal deficit just ahead of the elections.

While almost all neighbouring states - Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand - have decided to present their Budgets before the model code of conduct comes into force and take mileage by announcing sops and no new taxes. But Punjab, knowing that there is little room for any sops in its Budget proposal for the next year, and in an effort to ensure that this year's fiscal indicators do not become a poll issue, has decided to go for a vote on account in its session between March 3 and 10. The state's Budget will now be presented after the new government takes over at the Centre.

IAS aspirants can make two more attempts now

New Delhi, February 10
Civil services aspirants have a reason to cheer. The government on Monday decided to give two additional attempts with consequential age relaxation to all categories of candidates of the prestigious exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission.

“The Central Government has approved two additional attempts to all categories of candidates with effect from the Civil Services Examination 2014, with consequential age relaxation of maximum age for all categories of candidates, if required,” said Department of Personnel and Training said.

Irked by transfers, teachers on warpath Eleven unions to hold protest march in Bathinda tomorrow

Chandigarh, February 9
Frustrated at the “illogical” move of the Education Department to transfer 811 schoolteachers (women teachers to girls’ schools and male teachers to boys’ schools) 11 unions, under the banner of the Punjab and UT Mulazim Sangharsh Committee, will hold a protest march in Bathinda on February 11.

The transfer orders are to be implemented from April 1. The press secretary of the sangharsh committee, Teerath Singh Bassi, said the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation, the Government Teachers Union and the Democratic Teachers Front would take part.

DTF teachers to stage protest Demand release of jailed teachers

Jalandhar, February 9
The Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), Punjab, held a meeting at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall, here to announce that they will hold a state-level protest on February 18 to demand the release of the jailed teachers.

The state president of the front Bhupinder Singh Varaich and general secretary Devinder Singh Punia, in a press statement issued here today, said the jailing of teachers holding a peaceful agitation in Ludhiana for the regularisation of their services was unconstitutional.

EGS teachers call off Bathinda stir

Chandigarh/Bathinda, February 9
Agitating Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) volunteers called off their agitation this evening after a round of discussions with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. They agreed to the administration’s offer of taking the body of the child who died during their agitatio

Centre has proposed to create an additional 15,800 MBBS seats

New Delhi, Feb 7,2014: With the availability of doctors being a dismal 0.5 for every 1,000 persons in the country, the Centre has proposed to create an additional 15,800 MBBS seats, Lok Sabha was informed today. "The current doctor-population ratio in the country is

Despite efforts made by govt to woo them, students in primary schools reduce

There has been a decline in the number of students in primary schools of Gurdaspur district despite the Punjab government doing its best to attract children to these schools. Advertisement The students of primary schools get uniform, books and mid-day meal free besides a stipend of Rs. 50 per month. However, these schools bear a clear distinction between the haves and have-nots - as majority of the children come from poor families. Moreover, most of them belong to the Scheduled Castes and the labour class. District education officer (primary) Didar Singh said: "At present, there are a total of 47,948 students, including 23,041 girls, in

Selection of 1,400 assistant professors in Haryana under high court lens

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government's move to select around 1,400 assistant professors for various colleges in the state, has come under scanner of the Punjab and Haryana high court, which on Friday issued notice to the state for prescribing the selection criteria in contravention of University Grant Commission (UGC) norms.

Computer teachers to protest on Feb 10

Jalandhar, February 7
The Computer Teachers’ Union today decided to go for a state-level agitation on February 10. A four-me

Bathinda’s shame:Parents refuse to bury child, teachers continue dharna

Bathinda, February 7
Braving the elements — it was raining and windy during the day — the AIE/EGS teachers continued their dharna outside the bus stand for the second day today. Refusing to bury the body of 14-month-old Eknoor, nicknamed ‘Rooth’, her parents and other protesters have preserved the body in an air-conditioned glass casket.

PTI scam: Illegal appointees still in the job

More than four months after an official probe zeroed in on 16 illegal appointments of physical training instructors (PTIs) in Punjab schools and the recruitment of 41 others under a cloud all of them are still continuing in service. Advertisement Director, public instruction (DPI), secondary school education, Kamal Garg issued showcause notices to these 16 appointees on January 18 for termination of their services, seeking their replies within 21 days. Garg, when contacted, said the replies were still awaited. "We cannot dismiss them without having their

Computer Teachers plan to take protest to social networking sites

Ludhiana, February 6
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, various teacher associations have started holding protests on roads in order to get their long-pending demands accepted.

And computer teachers of government schools have decided to take a novel way to protest against the SAD-BJP government in the state. The Computer Teachers Union, Punjab, has announced to ‘expose’ the Akali-BJP government on social networking websites.

School board to up vigil in 59 exam centres

Mohali, February 6
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has identified the most number of sensitive examination centres (SEC) in Amritsar district in the state. Class X and XII exams are held in these SECs.

The district topped the list with a total of 13 sensitive centres, followed by Tarn Taran district (12). PSEB chairperson Dr Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal said 59 examination centres had been decla

Guest teachers paid less than skilled workers

Chandigarh, February 6
In at least 48 government colleges, the guest faculty has raised a banner of revolt against their “exploitation”. Employed on an ad hoc basis, these teachers are paid a measly Rs 10,000 per month whereas the regular staff are paid Rs 45,000 -Rs 80,000.

Wages to the guest faculty are paid from the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) fund set up in each college. During

Adarsh school teachers meet Maluka

Bathinda, February 6
A delegation of teachers of the Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association, Punjab, met Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka at his residence in Maluka village today.

"We showed him a copy of an advertisement through which the teachers for the Adarsh School under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode were

Protest by AIE/EGS teachers takes a serious turn Parents refuse to cremate infant’s body; doctors say the baby died of multi-vitamin deficiency

Bathinda, February 6
The protest by the AIE/EGS teachers took a serious turn today and threw up several heart-rending sights after one of the protesting teachers lost her infant daughter to illness. Rather than cremating the infant, the teachers carried the body while they took out a protest march through the busiest markets and blocked traffic at crucial intersections in the city.

EPFO approves Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension

New Delhi: Trustees of retirement fund body EPFO Thursday approved a proposal to provide a monthly pension of minimum Rs 1,000, a decision that will immediately benefit about its 28 lakh pensioners. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the ap

Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET) scam: Caught copying, girl says she got answer key for Rs 1 lakh

Fatehabad, February 5
Hundreds of aspirants have expressed concern over a girl’s claim to the police that she had purchased the answer key to the Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET), conducted on February 2, from a Rohtak-based person for Rs 1 lakh.

The girl was allegedly caught copying from a piece of paper at the Manohar Memorial College of Education examination centre.

SSA/RMSA Teachers protest, want colleagues released

Ludhiana, February 5
The police and protesting teachers belonging to various unions kept playing hide and seek throughout the day today. The police had made foolproof arrangements to keep the teachers away from the Mini-Secretariat. The teachers managed to reach Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School at Bharat Nagar Chowk.

The teachers' unions, including the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union, the Democratic Teachers Front, the Government Teachers Union, the Government Schoolteachers Union, the Elementary Teachers Union (Sahota) and the BEd Unemployed Front, and kisan unions were demanding the release of 58 teachers of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union arrested on Sunday.

Govt School lecturers union to meet Maluka on February 7

Nawanshahr, February 5
Government school lecturers are up in arms against the state government’s proposal to revert the newly promoted lecturers on the basis of new subject-wise seniority lists.

Focus on anti-cheating, Maluka tells DEOs

Bathinda, February 5
The monthly meeting of District Education Officers (DEOs ) of the state was held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Maluka, today. The anti-copying campaign, launched by Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka, in August last year, remained the highlight of the meeting. The meeting was also attended by the Additional Director General of School Education, Parampal Kaur Maluka, Additional Secretary Gurdeep Singh, DPI (Secondary Education) Kamal Garg, DPI (Elementary Education) Darshan Kaur, Punjab School Education Board Chairman Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal and others.

Sikhya Provider Union to meet Education Minister today

Bathinda, February 5
Members of the Sikhya Provider Union and the Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association would meet Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka at his residence here on Thursday.

Govt school teachers to be nodal officers Will now provide sanitary napkins at subsidised rates to school girls

Bathinda, February 5
Subsidised sanitary napkins, being provided to the adolescent girls in rural areas of district, will now also be available with the government schoolteachers who will be appointed as the nodal officers under the ongoing Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS).

AIE/EGS Teachers resume stir atop water tank

Bathinda, February 5
A day after being lathicharged and dragged away by the police personnel from the site of the dharna, members of the AIE/EGS Teachers' Union, Punjab, resumed their protest at the same place. While earlier, only 11 teachers were sitting atop the water tank at Subhash Park near Gol Diggi, several others climbed and sat on the stairs leading to the tank after the police action on Tuesday.

Justice Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved composition of the 7th Pay Commission, which will revise the salaries of over 50 lakh central government employees. "The Prime Minister has approved the composition of the 7th Central Pay Commission," the Finance Ministry said in a statement today. Former Supreme Court Justice Ashok

42 education provider teachers booked

As many as 42 teachers recruited as education providers have been booked under various sections following their protest in the grain market here on Sunday. The teachers, who were arrested following their protest during which police used water cannons and force to control

Protest outside DC's office for release of 48 arrested teachers

Members of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union, Democratic Teachers Front and Government School Teachers' Union, Punjab, protested outside the deputy commissioner's (DC) office on Monday. The protesters demanded release of the 58 teachers, who were arrested by the police from Dana Mandi on Sunday. The

Guest faculty Lecturers to meet Sukhbir on Feb 6

Bathinda, February 3
Guest faculty lecturers of Government Rajindra College today travelled to Mansa to sit on a protest outside the Nehru Memorial Government College. The lecturers submitted a memorandum of demands to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mansa.

The DC fixed a meeting of a deputation of the lecturers with the Deputy Chief Minister to be held at Mansa on February 6. On last Saturday, the lecturers had also met Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka

State president of the ETT Teacher's Union, Jagsir Sahota submitted a reply to the show-cause notice

Bathinda, February 3
State president of the ETT Teacher's Union, Jagsir Sahota, today submitted a reply to the show-cause notice, issued to him after he was found absent from the school, during a checking conducted by Chairman of Zila Parishad, Gurpeet Singh Maluka.

Teachers’ struggle takes on political hue State government doing everything to curb people’s rights, says PPP chief Manpreet Badal

Bathinda, February 3
The dharna by the teachers employed under the Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and Alternative Innovative Education (AIE) schemes, today acquired political overtones as PPP chief Manpreet Badal and Harminder Singh Jassi met the protesters and accused the

Transferring male staff Teachers’ unions flay govt policy

Ludhiana, February 2
Teacher unions have demanded an implementation of concrete policy for taking decisions on sensitive issues such as shifting of male teachers from girl’s school. Representatives of teachers’ unions alleged that every education minister imposes his personal decisions on teachers and such decision often changes with the appointment of new education minister.

58 SSA/RMSA teachers arrested Were holding protest for regularisation of their services

Ludhiana, February 2
The police arrested 58 teachers, including six women, during a peaceful protest at the grain market on the Jalandhar bypass today. The protest was held in support of their demand for the regularisation of their services. The teachers have been serving on contract under the Centre-sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. The police released the women teachers late in the evening.

Education Dept flayed for changing promotion norms

Nawanshahr, February 2
The Government Teachers’ Union (GTU) has hit out at the Punjab Education Department for adopting double standards with regard to the promotion of teachers.

“The Department has issued show-cause notices to the newly promoted lecturers after it prepared a rehashed subject-wise seniority list, while it has promoted masters to headmasters on the basis of cadre-based seniority list,” union president Prem Rakker said.

Teachers’ delegation meets minister Expresses resentment over shifting of male staff

Amritsar, February 2
A teachers’ delegation today met Cabinet Minister Anil Joshi to express their resentment against the recent orders of the government regarding the shifting of male teachers from Government Girl Senior Secondary Schools in the district.

Unions flay use of water cannon by police on agitating teachers; Cong supports stir

Bathinda, February 2
The police and the district administration came under a scathing attack for using water cannons and caning the teachers and members of the Adarsh Schools Teaching & Non-Teaching Union and Sikhya Providers Union who had assembled at the grain market and were planning to take out a protest rally in the city this afternoon.

Centre to hike DA by 10% for second time, will make it 100%

NEW DELHI: Centre is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness allowance by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. It would be the second double digit DA hike in a row. The government had announced a hike of 10 per cent to 90 per cent in September last year, effective from July 1, 2013. According to an official source, the preliminary assessment

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government

ETT teachers to protest on Feb 27

Fatehgarh Sahib, February 1
Nearly 13,000 Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teachers will hold a protest rally in Bathinda on February 27. They demand that they be appointed in the Education Department and promoted to the teacher cadre.

Adarsh teachers and Sikheya providers to protest today in Bathinda

Bathinda, February 1
Members of the Punjab Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association and Sikhya Provider Teachers’ Union will stage a joint dharna in the city tomorrow.

The Adarsh School teachers are demanding salaries according to the CBSE norms, regularisation of their jobs and are insisting on not dropping the word ‘government’ from the names of the schools.

CM suggests fee to be charged from govt school students to raise funds

Ludhiana, January 31,2014 In order to raise funds in government schools, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has suggested to school heads to collect a fee of Rs. 5 to 10 per student from Classes 1 to 8. He said this during a visit to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), here on Friday. However, education is free for