As teachers’ stir goes on, 500 seek their jobs
Applicants Throng Schools For Temporary Vacancies
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.01.2019
More than 500 candidates thronged government schools in the city to apply for the teaching posts that might fall temporarily vacant on Monday due to the ongoing strike by government teachers.
The state school education department had earlier announced that government teachers who don’t drop out of the protest will lose posting forever. They will be replaced by temporary or retired staff at a consolidated pay of ₹10,000 a month, the state had said.
Further, protesting teachers who return to work after Monday will face disciplinary proceedings and might have to work from a different school depending on the vacancy position. They will also bear a pay cut for absence from work. Till Sunday evening, more than 450 teachers have been suspended for participating in the protests and cases have been registered against them for unlawful assembly, public nuisance, wrongful restraint and deterring public servants from discharge of duties.
In Chennai, 427 boycotted work of whom 12 were suspended. Applications were invited to temporarily fill their vacancies and 500 applied till Sunday afternoon, according to official records.
Office-bearers of the Joint Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organization-Government Employees Organization (Jacto-Geo), on the other hand, have reiterated that they will continue their protests till their demands are met. They have been on an indefinite strike since Tuesday, pressing nine-point charter of demands, including revival of old pension scheme, pay on a par with central government teachers and payment of 21 months arrears.
They further rejected claims by state fisheries minister D Jayakumar that increasing their pay scale will take a toll on the amount spent towards welfare schemes. K A Sengottaiyan, state school education minister, has expressed willingness to hold talks and resolve the issue so that functioning of schools can resume.
Since Tuesday, over 70% of government-funded schools in TN are not fully functional due to high rate of absenteeism among teachers. Besides primary schools, higher secondary students are also left in the lurch. Though practical exams for the boards begin next week, preparatory work has come to a standstill in most schools.
DIFFERENT GOALS: In Chennai, 427 boycotted work of whom 12 were suspended. Applications were invited to temporarily fill their vacancies and 500 applied till Sunday afternoon
Applicants Throng Schools For Temporary Vacancies
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.01.2019
More than 500 candidates thronged government schools in the city to apply for the teaching posts that might fall temporarily vacant on Monday due to the ongoing strike by government teachers.
The state school education department had earlier announced that government teachers who don’t drop out of the protest will lose posting forever. They will be replaced by temporary or retired staff at a consolidated pay of ₹10,000 a month, the state had said.
Further, protesting teachers who return to work after Monday will face disciplinary proceedings and might have to work from a different school depending on the vacancy position. They will also bear a pay cut for absence from work. Till Sunday evening, more than 450 teachers have been suspended for participating in the protests and cases have been registered against them for unlawful assembly, public nuisance, wrongful restraint and deterring public servants from discharge of duties.
In Chennai, 427 boycotted work of whom 12 were suspended. Applications were invited to temporarily fill their vacancies and 500 applied till Sunday afternoon, according to official records.
Office-bearers of the Joint Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organization-Government Employees Organization (Jacto-Geo), on the other hand, have reiterated that they will continue their protests till their demands are met. They have been on an indefinite strike since Tuesday, pressing nine-point charter of demands, including revival of old pension scheme, pay on a par with central government teachers and payment of 21 months arrears.
They further rejected claims by state fisheries minister D Jayakumar that increasing their pay scale will take a toll on the amount spent towards welfare schemes. K A Sengottaiyan, state school education minister, has expressed willingness to hold talks and resolve the issue so that functioning of schools can resume.
Since Tuesday, over 70% of government-funded schools in TN are not fully functional due to high rate of absenteeism among teachers. Besides primary schools, higher secondary students are also left in the lurch. Though practical exams for the boards begin next week, preparatory work has come to a standstill in most schools.
DIFFERENT GOALS: In Chennai, 427 boycotted work of whom 12 were suspended. Applications were invited to temporarily fill their vacancies and 500 applied till Sunday afternoon
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