Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: A meeting of the general council of Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Forum was conducted today in a virtual mode to discuss a whole lot of issues faced by the teaching fraternity of the J&K.
The meeting was presided over by the JKTF chairman, Ganesh Khajuria while UT president Mohammad Akbar Khan, central & provincial body leaders and most of the district presidents from Jammu and Kashmir provinces participated in the meeting.
In addition to discussing a whole lot of issues faced by the teaching fraternity of the J&K threadbare, interaction was carried out on the proposed roadmap to solve these issues, such as lying of vacant posts of Principals, ZEOs, lecturers, teachers and non-academic staff.
The meet reiterated the need to fulfill these vacancies as it is proving to be an impediment in official functioning. The Forum also pressed for the release of transition orders in favour of RRT’s who have not as yet being transitioned into Grade II and Grade III. Pay anomaly of masters in the pre-revised pay scale also came up for discussion and a request was made to the authorities to solve the issue as it is pending disposal from an unusually long period of time.
The Forum urged upon the authorities to acknowledge teachers as frontline workers in fight against Covid-19 and extend the perks to the teachers engaged for Covid-19 duties. The much hyped annual transfer drive (ATD) was discussed threadbare and the leaders voiced their concern about the criteria being followed by the authorities in affecting transfers. The Forum requested the authorities to frame a comprehensive transfer policy for Grade II and Grade II teachers with a special focus on female teachers as the issue warrants serious consideration on humanitarian grounds.
The Forum Chairman and President instructed the district presidents to hold virtual meetings within their districts. Both the provinces were distributed into three divisions. A detailed roadmap was prepared to conduct meetings in these divisions.
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