UT cadre staff take up Dhanas school issue

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 16

Teachers at Government Model High School have not got their salaries for September.

“Even the regular teachers who are more than 100 in number of this school have not got their salaries till date. The headmistress of this school has got retired and applied for extension. As her extension is pending, therefore she is not ready to release the salaries of the teachers of this school,” said Swarn Singh Kamboj, president of UT Cadre Employees Union.

“How these teachers will celebrate their Diwali? Most of the teachers working in this school are males and are only members of their family who are earning,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan teachers have not got any assurance about their salaries on Monday as well. They have not been paid for over two months. “I am going to the HRD Ministry on Tuesday. I will meet officials there and plead our case. If the issue is not settled, we will go on strike the next week,” said Arvind Rana, president of SSA teachers’ association.