Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 24: A meeting of All Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Teachers’ Federation (JKLTF) was held here today under the chairmanship of State president, Bhushan S Verma and Makund Lal Sharma, veteran trade union leader and chief patron of the Federation, to highlight the demands of the teaching fraternity.
The speakers in the meeting expressed concern over the pick and choose policy adopted by the department in the adjustment of promoted lecturers and headmasters. They also expressed concern over non-payment of the salary of teachers and masters working under SSA and demanded the authorities to release the salary of all such teachers, masters and Lecturers forthwith.
The participants maintained that the Education Department has failed to provide justice to the teacher community in Jammu division, as the promoted masters in Jammu division are waiting for the last one year for their adjustment orders, whereas the masters and lecturers promoted in Kashmir had been adjusted within month’s time.
Alleging that the power of the CEOs and DSE are being used by the Administrative Department (AD) to transfer teachers, masters, headmasters and lecturers, they said that if the power of CEOs and DSE are to be used by the AD then these offices may be closed.
The other demands discussed in the meeting were awarding selection grade to undergraduate teachers at the earliest, 15 days earned leave per year for vocational staff of the department, initial higher start to graduate and post graduate teachers, removal of anomaly of master grade, salary grants under various heads be provided half yearly, transfer policy for ReTs and inclusion of five year of service in their service record.
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