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.
Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, state president of the union Deepak Grover said, “There are 24 Adarsh schools in the state which were opened under the public-private partnership (PPP) model as part of a project under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA). Similarly, 21 model and four Adarsh schools were opened by the government under the same project. But there is difference between the salaries of the teachers of both the schools.”
“While the teachers of Government Adarsh Schools are being paid according to the CBSE grade, the teachers of the PPP schools are not being paid the same which was promised to them. We were also told that after a year of probation, our services would be regularised but nothing has been done,” he added.
Grover also accused the state government of meting out step-motherly treatment to the PPP model Adarsh schools. “The government is also planning to drop the word ‘government’ from the names of all the 24 Adarsh schools in the state. We will not let this happen,” Grover said.
Meanwhile, members of the Sikhya Provider Teachers’ Union, Punjab, are planning to distribute CDs and pamphlets during the dharna.
District president of the union, Gursewak Singh said, “Former Education Minister Sewa Singh had announced that the Sikhya Providers would be paid according to the revised pay scale starting April 2013, but the government later retracted. We have the former education minister’s statement on record and will distribute CDs of the same to tell everyone how the government went back on its promise.”
He also said the Punjab government was yet to release the hike of Rs 4,300 in the salaries of Sikhya Providers which was announced by the Central Government.
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.
Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, state president of the union Deepak Grover said, “There are 24 Adarsh schools in the state which were opened under the public-private partnership (PPP) model as part of a project under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA). Similarly, 21 model and four Adarsh schools were opened by the government under the same project. But there is difference between the salaries of the teachers of both the schools.”
“While the teachers of Government Adarsh Schools are being paid according to the CBSE grade, the teachers of the PPP schools are not being paid the same which was promised to them. We were also told that after a year of probation, our services would be regularised but nothing has been done,” he added.
Grover also accused the state government of meting out step-motherly treatment to the PPP model Adarsh schools. “The government is also planning to drop the word ‘government’ from the names of all the 24 Adarsh schools in the state. We will not let this happen,” Grover said.
Meanwhile, members of the Sikhya Provider Teachers’ Union, Punjab, are planning to distribute CDs and pamphlets during the dharna.
District president of the union, Gursewak Singh said, “Former Education Minister Sewa Singh had announced that the Sikhya Providers would be paid according to the revised pay scale starting April 2013, but the government later retracted. We have the former education minister’s statement on record and will distribute CDs of the same to tell everyone how the government went back on its promise.”
He also said the Punjab government was yet to release the hike of Rs 4,300 in the salaries of Sikhya Providers which was announced by the Central Government.
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