Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Joint Action Committee (JKTJAC) organised a meeting of teachers at Jourian, under the leadership of UT Vice President JKTJAC Surjit Singh Chib, District President Jammu Ravinder Manhas and Ravinder Singh Chib, Prov Gen secretary where UT President JKTJAC Vinod Sharma was the chief guest.
While speaking on the occasion, Vinod Sharma expressed his grave concern on the alleged harassment of teaching fraternity by the terror of ‘Deadwood’. He said that teaching fraternity is leaving no stone unturned to provide best possible education in schools and in other non teaching assignments assigned by the Government including COVID-19 duties as well. He said that the department should make it public that what the deadwood means as the term is harassing the teaching fraternity and they are forced to make strategy regarding the subject.
On the occasion he also raised other burning issues and demands of the teachers, which include: comprehensive transfer policy in favour of teachers appointed under ReT pattern as they have been serving in the same schools for last more than 20 years; inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits by favour of the department in the Court; DPC of teachers as same has not been done since 2014 ; conversion of Head Teachers (SSA) posts into non plan posts of Masters for the resolution of their salary issue; raising of grade of teachers at par with their counterparts in other UTs.
He also demanded old pension scheme for the NPS employees of the UT so that their post retirement life may not be in trouble.
Speaking on the occasion, Provincial President Rajesh Jamwal demanded the regularisation of left out ReTs and permission to enhance qualifications in favour of teachers who have applied after 01.01.2021 and before the issuance of order for stopping the post facto permission.
UT Secretary Sukhdev Singh Sumbria, UT Chief Press and Media Secretary Sukesh Khajuria, Provincial President Jammu Province Rajesh Jamwal, Ut conv Anita Kiran and Bhushan Khajuria also spoke on the occasion.
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