ETT teachers issue a week’s notice to govt

Hundreds of ETT teachers from various parts of the state, working under Zila Parishads and Municipal Councils, today gathered at the Teachers’ Home here and served an ultimatum to the state government, saying that if it did not accept their demands within a week, they would chalk out an action plan, including gherao of the ministers and MLAs.


The protesting teachers, who met under the banner of the ETT Adhyapak Talmel Committee, resolved to decide their future course of action at a state-level meeting to be held on August 28 at Jalandhar.


The teachers are demanding transfer of schools working under Zila Parishads and Municipal Councils to the Education Department and a pay scale of Rs 10,300-34,800 plus Rs 4,200 as grade pay as recommended by the Fifth Pay Commission.


They demanded that the process of shifting 6,200 ETT teachers from the Zila Parishad and Municipal Council schools to the Education Department be expedited.


Jagsir Sahota, a member of the committee, said they had been compelled to take the action as state president of the ETT Adhyapak Union, Punjab, Jaswinder Singh Sidhu, was taking part in the SGPC election. He said Sidhu should resign from the post of the state president on moral grounds.
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