Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 7: Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Joint Action Committee (JKTJAC) discussed the burning issues of teachers in its monthly meeting held today under the chairmanship of UT president Vinod Sharma and UT chief coordinator Sukhdev Singh Sumbria.
The meeting was attended by JKTJAC representatives from all 11 Zones of the district Udhampur. Addressing the meeting, Vinod Sharma stressed upon the need of a fair transfer policy for teachers appointed under ReT scheme as these teachers have been working in the same schools for last 20 years. He also stressed for inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits.
Sharma highlighted the demands of regularization of ReTs who have completed 5 years service and waiting for the same for a long time, appointment of ZEOs in headless zones, conversion of left out RReTs to Teachers Grade II/III, DPC of teachers to masters and sanction of Master grade posts in SSA upgraded schools.
He also request the Director for issuance of Diploma/ Marksheet to teachers who passed BEd through (NIOS) online mode with less than 50% marks as the teachers with offline mode have received the same even having less than 50% marks.
The JKTJAC president appealed the Administrative Secretary School Education and Director School Education Jammu to resolve all the issues of the teachers appointed under scheme who are playing a key role in raising the standard of education, especially in rural areas.
Speaking on the occasion, Sukhdev Singh Dumbria requested CEO Udhampur to make provision for release of pending MDM dues of Ghordi and Udhampur zones as the same were managed by the teachers from their own pockets.