Punjab: Schoolteachers hope for salary hike

Malerkotla, February 18

About three years after announcement of the Sixth Pay Commission in Punjab, about 10,000 families of employees and pensioners of government aided private schools of the state now see a ray of hope for its implementation before the Lok Sabha polls.

Punjab State Government Aided Private School Teachers and Other Employees Union claimed to have impressed upon the top functionaries in the Punjab Education Department to get the process started for implementation of commission’s recommendations without further delay.

They have reportedly urged CM Bhagwant Mann and Education Minister Harjot Bains to get the process completed before the imposition of code of conduct for the forthcoming LS polls. Classical and Vernacular (CV) teachers have their additional demand of payment of arrear of Rs 4,400 per month as already promised, Ravinderjit Puri, district president of the union said.