ReT Teachers Forum highlights demands

Excelsior Correspondent

ReTs shouting slogans in support of their demands during monthly meeting on Sunday.

UDHAMPUR, Aug 4: A monthly meeting of All J&K ReT Teachers Forum was held today under the chairmanship of State president Vinod Sharma for highlighting various issues.
The meet expressed serious concern over delay in regularization of EVs converted ReTs despite completion of ten years of their service.
Urging the Director School Education Jammu to direct the CEOs to submit the regularization files to EVs, the Forum also demanded the release of salary of female regularized ReTs under Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme (KGBV) and ReT under SSA, especially in Poonch, Doda, Kathua, Rajouri etc before the Eid festival.
The meet also highlighted other demands such as inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits, old pension scheme for ReTs engaged before January 1, 2010, absorption of posts of regularized ReTs of SSA under State plan by sanctioning of posts for smooth release of salary of these teachers, transfer policy for regularized ReTs and provision of SRO-43.
The Forum president Vinod Sharma threatened a stir if salary of ReTs under SSA is not released before Eid.
Among those who addressed the meeting, included Lekh Raj Parihar, Sham Sharma, Sukesh Khajuria, Sukhdev Singh, Ashok Seth, Pritam Goswami, Chain Singh, Ravinder Singh, Pramod Sharma and others.
Representatives of the cadre from all the eleven zones participated in the meeting.