Unemployed teachers meet Soni, demand regular jobs
AMRITSAR: Members of the PTI, Bachelor of Physical Education (Bped), Master of Physical Education (Mped) Teachers Union met state school education minister Om Parkash Soni, at his residence at Rani Ka Bagh, on Sunday, demanding regular jobs in the physical education department
“On November 22, education secretary Krishan Kumar, director public instructions(dpi) Sukhjeet Singh and director general school education (DGSI ) Prashant Goyal gave assurance for filling 873 job posts in the physical education department in a panel meeting. On their assurance, we met OP Soni, but he didn’t listen to our demands. The minister said he will meet us after panchayat polls on January 5,”said union president Keshav Kohli.
He added, “From past 12 years, despite several vacancies in the physical education department, unemployment has remained a constant factor.” Kohli alleged that Soni was running from promises on the name of code of conduct and panchayat polls. “Is the code of conduct only for unemployed teachers who are demanding jobs promised to them,” he asked.
Slamming the Congress government over increase in salaries of legislators, Kohli said, “The government makes regular claims that they do not have enough money but now they increased salaries of MLAS.”HTC JALANDHAR: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) teachers on Sunday held a state-level meeting at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall here and carried out a protest march to press their demands of regularisation.
The protesting teachers said they had called off the protest on December 1 after the state government had assured to consider their demands of no reduction in salary as part of the regu-
If chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh fails to take any decision on our demands of regularisation without salary cut, we will resume the protest soon. GURPREET SINGH, SSA/RMSA union president
larisation process.
“The Congress government has failed to fulfil their poll promises and have fooled the teachers,” said SSA/RMSA union president Gurpreet Singh. “If chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh fails to take any decision on our demands of regularisation without salary cut, we will resume the protest soon,” he added.
The state government heeded to demands for regularisation of 8,800 teachers but reduced their salaries by as much as 35% in several cases and bringing their pay down from ₹40,000-50,000 a month to ₹15,000 for probation period.