Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 21: A deputation of Jammu Kashmir Teachers Association (JKTA), led by its UT president Bhupinder Singh met Director School Education Jammu (DSEJ), Dr Ravi Shankar Sharma and raised various issues pertaining to teaching fraternity, here today.
The JKTA demanded provision of salary in favour of teachers working under NPS as these teachers are without salary from September, regularization of ReTs who have completed five years period, conversion of left out ReTs to teachers Grade II/III and fast track consideration of mutual transfer cases of teachers appointed under ReT scheme.
The deputation also demanded grant of enrolment permission/post facto permission in favour of teachers who have joined courses before 1/1/2021 till date as recent order issued by administrative department doesn’t include such cases, allocation of posts for teachers Grade II/III as per Government order, issuance of circular as per past practice for confirmation of services of teachers who have completed two years of regular service, restoration of old pension scheme in favour of Grade II and Grade III teachers who were appointed before 1/1/2010 as ReT, provision of earn leave to teachers deployed in COVID duty during summer/winter vacations and rationalization of teaching staff in all schools as per teacher pupil ratio.
“Transfers policy of teaching staff must be made in a more transparent manner and teachers appointed under ReT scheme must be included in transfers to rationalize the staff, besides home and choicest posting to all gazetted and teaching staff who are on retirement,” they demanded.
The Director gave a patient hearing to the deputation and assured all the issues would be resolved soon.
Akhter Abbas Naik, Joginder Kumar Digra, Hameit Wani, Farooq Daing, Pawan Kumar Verma, Sunil Salaria, Kuldeep Chand, Dhruv Singh and many others were part of the deputation.
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