, Raipur. Teachers across the state went on strike today, angry with the salary discrepancies due to the cancellation of old service after the merger. After demonstrations in all the districts under the banner of Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha, teachers took out a rally. Due to the teachers going on mass leave, studies in schools were disrupted today. On the other hand, regarding the teachers’ strike in government schools of the state, Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal said that the demands of the teachers are in the knowledge of the government. A decision will be taken on their
There is a lot of resentment among the teachers of the state due to their years of old service being nullified after the merger. Due to this, they are being deprived of the three-tier promotion time scale pay scale given to the employees. Full pension will not be available in OPS. Only partial benefits will be available in facilities like gratuity, cash leave, because to take full benefit of all these, service of a fixed time period is necessary. Due to non-calculation of old service, many types of salary discrepancies have also come in the pay scale of the teacher LB cadre.
The present government itself has written in its manifesto that the pay disparity will be removed under Modi’s guarantee. In such a situation, teachers from all over the state held protests and rallies in all the district headquarters to demand the same. This is the first movement after the merger movement, in which all the major teachers’ organizations came together on one platform and organized a movement by forming the Shikshak Sangharsh Morcha.
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