Sanjha Adhyapak Morcha to hold protest on June 18

Tribune News Service

Jaladhar, June 13

Holding the Education Secretary reopnsible for failing to come out with amicable solutions related to teachers, the Sanjha Adhyapak Morcha would be holding a dharna on June 18. Members of the morcha, Kuwinder Singh Josan and Navpreet Balli, said teachers would gather in large numbers of June 18 to hold a protest against the Education Department.

Ganesh Bhagat and Harbans Lal said the dhana would be held to protest against anti-education policies of the Education Minister and Education Secretary.

In a virtual meeting, teachers alleged that despite the objections raised by the Sanjha Adhyapak Morcha on the decisions cleared by a Cabinet sub-comitteee on March 5, 2019, the state government did not pay any heed to their demands.

Teachers objected to a host of issues, including victmisation of teachers, reduction of structure and size of the department, closure of government school in large numbers, regualrisation of contrctual employees, bringing anti-teacher regulations in policy revisions, stalling promotions, non-shifting of computer teachers, non-consideration of non-border teachers (3582, 6060 etc.) in transfer policy, non-implementation of transfers in primary among other teachers, suspension of teachers without proper enquiries, asking teachers to work during holidays on oral instrsuctions and passing students en masse among prevalence of false data.

Members said June 18 call has been be aimed at intesifying their struggle against the Education Department.

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