Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 18: Recalling the statement as ‘Nation Builders’ coined for teachers, Aam Aadmi Party in Jammu and Kashmir has stepped in for providing teachers their much needed rights asking Government to include special provisions to promote teaching profession, promotion and increment avenues to the awardees.
While addressing a press conference, AAP leader Dr Nawab said that our ancestors had coined term ‘Nation Builders’ for teachers who are faces behind shaping the future of society and their role is always considered as most pivotal in inclusive development of society.
He said that teacher is one of the noble profession in the society but lack of proper promotion avenues, poor facilities in Government institutions, stagnation in seniority are some of the multiple factors that are prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir which are responsible for dissatisfaction among the teachers in Jammu and Kashmir who are struggling hard to get some of the basic issues redressed but unfortunately successive Governments have no much concern towards this noble profession.
Nawab said that one of the main problems faced by teachers in Jammu and Kashmir is a poor promotion policy and stagnation in seniority due to which number of employees hardly get a single promotion in their service of decades.
He further stated that poor facilities and lack of basic amenities in Government education institution in Jammu and Kashmir is forcing people to shift towards private sector which is also a reason for which teachers serving in Government school in Jammu and Kashmir are feeling cornered with depleting roll of students.
“Deployment of a teacher in other works like election duties, census duties, immunization campaigns results in a situation where a teacher remains engaged in other works rather than teaching.” Dr Nawab further added.
He said no proper policy towards national awardee teachers in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the glaring example that shows that successive Governments have done nothing for professional growth of teachers in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that National awarded teacher should get special promotion, special increment and should be projected as a role model in society. But in J&K they are pushed to the corner.
Aam Aadmi Party leader asked J&K Government to bring special provision of promotion, increment and other benefits for a national awardee teacher and to make him a role model in society so that confidence of other teachers is also restored.
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