Sisodia assured of filling vacant Punjabi teachers’ posts: Sirsa

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 1

DSGMC General Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa has said that Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has assured that all the posts of Punjabi teachers lying vacant in the government schools will be filled soon and each government school will have a Punjabi teacher.

Sirsa, also one of the four MLAs of the Opposition BJP in the Delhi Assembly, recently raised the issue in the House claiming the Kejriwal government had “failed” to keep its promise on appointment of 686 Punjabi teachers in the city’s government schools.

On the issue, Sirsa stated that the AAP had widely publicised advertisements in favour of its announcements over the same both in Delhi and Punjab before the Punjab elections, but it seems to have forgotten after its loss there.

The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee leader met Sisodia this week and later was full of praises for the AAP government after the latter responded positively to his demands.

After the meeting, Sirsa said the Delhi Government has agreed to DSGMC’s proposal of organising state level function to mark the 300th birth anniversary of Sultan Ul Kaum Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.

He said that in this meeting, it was also agreed upon that a chapter on Delhi Fateh Diwas - first victory over the Delhi Red Fort - will also be included in school syllabus of the capital while adding that Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, has assured that he will refer the matter to the concerned committee and authenticated version will be included in syllabus.

Sirsa also urged that history related with Tees Hazari, Mori Pul and Mathiai Pul should also be included in this chapter. The Deputy CM has also assured that all minister will have a Punjabi Steno each soon, he added.

Welcoming the “cooperative” attitude of the Delhi Government, Sirsa said that it was high time for all the political leaders to rise above the party lines and work for the betterment of people.