Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Oct 3: Monthly meeting of All J&K Plus Two Lecturers’ Forum was held under the chairmanship of its President Deepak Sharma through virtual mode to discuss pressing issues and demands pertaining to Plus Two cadre.
Deepak Sharma demanded expediting of resolution and sanctioning of Assured Career Progression scheme (ACP)/Time Bound Promotion. He alleged discrimination as only 10+2 lecturers, amongst Gazetted cadre of UT of J&K have been deprived of Assured Career progression scheme (ACP)/Time Bound Promotion.
He also demanded that structural changes/enhancement be done accordingly in scales of Principals and equivalents from GP 5600/ level 10A to GP 6600/level 11, CEOs and equivalents from GP 6600/level 11 to GP 7600/level 12 and Joint Directors from GP 7600/level12 to GP 8700/level 13. Pertinently, Finance Department had turned down the recommendations of ACP by Education Department last year citing Covid-19 as the reason not to bear the additional financial burden, though there were not much financial implications.
Allaying fears and apprehensions of some of the cadre members, Deepak Sharma said that ACP would be sanctioned in favour of all Lecturers irrespective of the mode of entry into gazetted cadre whether through PSC or DPC out of single Joint seniority. He also appealed whole 10+2 cadre to remain united under one umbrella thereby negating the divisive politics on the basis of PSC versus DPC.
Forum further demanded Regularisation of all pending Lecturers, an additional list of Senior Lecturers, fixation of Induction Quota into KAS in favour of Plus Two Lecturers till the Education Administrative Service (EAS) as proposed is constituted from the academicians/Officers drawn exclusively from School Education Department and hoped that other demands like Non vacational status to Principals/Head of Schools, restoration of 40 percent college quota and regularisation of Physical Education Lecturers and removal of their pay anomaly , provision of earned leave in favour all teaching cadres of SED and charge allowance in respect of all placements including incharge Lecturers will also be acceded to on priority.
Those who participated in meeting, included Charan Dass, NS Jamwal, Anil Sharma,, R S Salathia, Sanjay Bhagat, Ashok Sharma, Fazal Hussain, Jatinder Sethi, Imtiaz Qazmi, Lok Sewak, Dr Anis, AR Giri, Anwar Khan, Ajay Sehgal, Vijay Verma, Mulkh Raj, Rajeev Kumar and others.
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