Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 5: Monthly meeting of Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Joint Action Committee (JKTJAC) was held here today under the leadership of District President Udhampur Lekh Raj Parihar.
During the meeting, which was attended by the executive members of JKTJAC from all the eleven zones of the district, Lekh Raj Parihar appealed the Principal Secretary School Education Department to frame a comprehensive transfer policy in favour of teachers appointed under ReT scheme as they have been serving in same schools for last more than 20 years.
He also urged for favour of department in the court to resolve the issue of inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits. Welcoming the Government move to start KG classes in the schools, he demanded free uniform, free books and other incentives to these kids so that more and more students get attracted towards Government schools.
Other demands raised in the meeting, included, rationalisation of teaching staff to overcome the uneven pupil teacher ratio; getting rid of all sorts of non teaching assignments from the teachers to make them accountable of their job, sanction of posts of Masters in SSA upgraded middle schools, DPC of Teachers to Masters as same is pending since 2014 .
He also appealed the Director school education Jammu to regularise the left out ReTs and convert the regularised RRETs to teachers Grade II/III so that they may get their salaries.
He also appealed Chief Education Officer Udhampur to release the Mid Day meal dues of the teachers as they have managed the same from their own pockets.
Others who spoke in the meeting, included Ashok Seth, Pritam Goswami, Ravinder Singh Rathore, Ajay Thakur, Swarna Singh, Vipin Sharma, Madan Lal, Anil Sharma, Sudesh Azad, Ranjit Singh, Balvinder Singh, Mohd Mustfa, Puma Chand, Som Raj, Parshant Sharma, Binder Kumar, Deepankar Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Rajesh Jamwal, Parveen Singh, Kuldeep Sharma, Uttam Singh, Parkash Singh, Sudesh Kumar Mohd Mohi-Din, Sham Singh, Yash Paul, Vandna and Sushma.
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