Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Apr 6: Monthly meeting of Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Joint Action Committee ( JKTJAC) was held here today under the leadership of UT President Vinod Sharma.
Speaking on the occasion, Vinod Sharma raised the burning issues of the teaching fraternity and appealed the Education Minister and Additional Chief Secretary School Education to resolve them for the welfare of thousands of these teachers especially those appointed under ReT scheme.
Raising the issue, he appealed the Education Minister for implementation of Govt Order No.469 Edu of 2014 Dated 25.06.2014 regarding inclusion of five years ReT period for seniority benefits and transfer of the said cadre.
Highlighting the issue of release of MDM dues, Sharma said that teachers have managed money from their own pockets for smooth functioning of Mid Day Meals but the funds were released only for 3 to 4 months in the year 2024-25 and still 7 to 8 months funds are pending. He appealed the authorities concerned to look into the matter and get the pending dues released otherwise they will be forced to stop Mid Day Meals in new session.
He also appealed Director School Education Jammu for issuance of regularisation orders of ReTs who have completed 5 years ReT period, conversion of RRETs to Teachers Grade II/ III, benefit of Cash in Lieu in favour of teaching fraternity, conversion of headteachers posts into non plan posts of Masters, release of time barred arrears of Teachers/Masters, raising Grade of teachers at par with their counter parts in other UTs, earned leave in favour of teachers engaged during summer/ winter vacation for summer/ winter camps and for other duties, filling up of vacant posts of Headmasters in headless schools, issuance of continuation order of Aayas cum Helpers. He also urged the board authorities to provide all titles of books immediately so that studies of the students may not get hampered.
Others who also spoke in the meeting, included Sham Sharma, Pritam Goswami, Shamsher Singh, Anil Sharma, Manoj Sharma, Sham Singh Som Raj, Vinod Kumar, Raj Kumar Pathania, Partap Singh, Sudesh Dubey, Mohd Mustafa, Ravinder Atri and Vidhi Lal.
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