STRIKE ENTERS DAY 4
Teachers’ protest: Govt to engage temporary staff
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:25.01.2019
In spite of the Madras high court directing them to resume work by Friday, teachers from the Joint Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organization-Government Employees Organisation (JACTOGEO) have decided to continue their agitation.
The strike will enter day four on Friday, and the government has decided to engage retired and temporary staff to handle primary grade classes if the teachers don’t return. Chennai was among the few districts where functioning wasn’t affected much, with less than 20% boycotting work. Padma Priya, principal of a T Nagar government school, said they expressed solidarity with the protesters, but their primary duty was to teach.
School education secretary Pradeep Yadav has directed all district-level officials and Parents Teacher Associations of schools to engage retired staff or qualified temporary staff and pay them a consolidated ₹7,500 a month. Schools have been instructed to approach police in case of obstruction from protesting teachers. The strike has affect higher secondary students preparing for their board exams. The protesting teachers are pressing for implementation of nine demands, including scrapping of new pension scheme, pay on a par with central government teachers and payment of arrears for 21months.
Teachers’ protest: Govt to engage temporary staff
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:25.01.2019
In spite of the Madras high court directing them to resume work by Friday, teachers from the Joint Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organization-Government Employees Organisation (JACTOGEO) have decided to continue their agitation.
The strike will enter day four on Friday, and the government has decided to engage retired and temporary staff to handle primary grade classes if the teachers don’t return. Chennai was among the few districts where functioning wasn’t affected much, with less than 20% boycotting work. Padma Priya, principal of a T Nagar government school, said they expressed solidarity with the protesters, but their primary duty was to teach.
School education secretary Pradeep Yadav has directed all district-level officials and Parents Teacher Associations of schools to engage retired staff or qualified temporary staff and pay them a consolidated ₹7,500 a month. Schools have been instructed to approach police in case of obstruction from protesting teachers. The strike has affect higher secondary students preparing for their board exams. The protesting teachers are pressing for implementation of nine demands, including scrapping of new pension scheme, pay on a par with central government teachers and payment of arrears for 21months.
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