Serving guest teachers salary hiked by 25%

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has decided to increase the salaries of the serving guest teachers by 20% to 25%, besides raising their salary twice a year in the month of January and July equivalent to the cost of living index. The move is being seen as an attempt of the state government to pacify around 13,000 agitating guest teachers, who have since the past over a decade agitating, most recently against their removal.

An official spokesman on Friday said the guest teachers serving as Jbt/drawing teacher, master or school lecturer will get ₹26,000, ₹30,000 and ₹36,000, respectively, from July 1, 2018.

He said this decision was taken in a meeting held under the chairmanship of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar with unions of the guest teachers in which education minister Ram Bilas Sharma was also present.

He said the previous state government had in 2006 appointed the guest teachers and they were paid on per period basis. “Later on, a nominal increase was given to them. Whereas, after the 7th pay commission report, the present state government ensured 14.52% increase in their monthly salary from January 1, 2017, and it was raised to ₹21,715 for Jbt/drawing teacher, ₹24,001 for master and ₹29,715 for school lecturer,” the spokesperson said.

“The next increase will be effective from January 1, 2019, which will be equal to the increase in cost of living index as prescribed and announced by the economic and statistical analysis department, Haryana,” he added.