Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 30: A delegation of Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum, led by JKTF Chairman Ganesh Khajuria, called on Farooq Khan, Advisor to the Governor and apprised him about the issue of pending salary and the arrears of Masters working as Head Teachers in the SSA upgraded Middle Schools (now SMAGRA) and the other issues pertaining to the teaching community.
Farooq Khan told the delegation that all the issues pertaining to the Education Department, especially to the teaching community, shall be redressed by following the strict norms which shall be formulated in the next few days by framing the full proof modalities on fast track basis in transparent manners by constituting a high powered committee of officers of high calibre and integrity who have vast experience and proven track record of resolving various chronic issues in the past also.
The Advisor further said that these steps will be revolutionary and will pave the way to strengthen and streamlining the School Education Department. He further elaborated that the issues shall be resolved after holding the open deliberation with all the stakeholders of the Education Department including Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum.
Those, who were the part of the delegation, included Gopal Singh, Surat Singh Toofani, Darshan Sharma, Ravinder Singh, Haji Mohd Iqbal, Kuldeep Singh Bandral, Shankar Singh, Sushil Sharma, Kuldeep Verma, Mazeed Choudary, Shanti Saroop, Balraj Singh, Gautam Singh, Jatinder Singh, Subash Sharma, Ravinder Singh, Bachan Lal, Gurdev Singh, Rashpal Khajuria, Bua Ditta, Pritpal Singh, Haqeekat Singh, Rajneesh Raina, Rangeel Singh Bharat Bhushan, Ramesh Khajuria, Raj Hussain and others.