Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Apr 3: The ReT Teachers Forum has demanded regularization of Distance Mode Degree holders, who have completed five years of service.
The demand was raised during a meeting of the executive members of the ReT Teachers Forum, here today, under the chairmanship of State president Vinod Sharma and Distt president Lekh Raj Parihar.
Speaking on the occasion, Vinod Sharma said that through the regularization process of regular mode ReTs is going on for the last two months, it is going on snails speed as the officer, who is head of the regularization committee in the Directorate of School Education Jammu, was creating un-necessary hurdles. He asked the Director School Education to replace the said officer immediately otherwise the Forum would have no option other than to protest in front of the Directorate after April 10, 2016.
Vinod Sharma also appealed the Education Secretary Shaleen Kabra to issue directions for the regularization of Distance mode Degree holders of UGC recognized universities as withholding of such regularization puts question mark on the credibility of these UGC recognized Universities providing such distance mode degrees.
The Forum also appealed the Government to sort out the issue of SSA salary which is pending for last four months and arrears of many teachers. Issue of Mid-Day-Meals dues was also highlighted in the meeting.
Others who spoke in the meeting, included Sukh Dev Sumbria, Sham Sharma, Sukesh Khajuria, Ashok Seth, Pritam Goswami, Chain Singh, Shamsher Singh, Balbinder Singh, Kuldeep Katoch, Sushil Singh, Viney Sharma, Sham Singh, Anil Sharma, Vipin Sharma, Man Chand and Rekha.