Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 25: Rehbar-e-Taleems (ReTs), temporary and regularized teachers today protested against their long pending demands under the banner of All J&K Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers Forum (AJKRTTF), here today.
After sit-in-dharna and protest rally to the District Administrative Complex led by Gulzabir Daing and accompanied by Akhter Abbas Naik, president and general secretary AJKRTTF respectively, they presented a memorandum to the Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Dr Tahir Firdoz.
The demands projected by the protestors included non-payment of salaries to temporary and regularized ReTs, who are in-charge of Mid Day Meal (MDM) Scheme in their respective schools, release of salaries of temporary and regularized Elementary Volunteer Teachers pending for the past 18 months, regularisation of ReTs and temporary teachers of KGBV, besides some other demands.
They threatened vigorous agitation and resorting to serial hunger strikes in case their demands are not considered within a week.
Dr Tahir assured the protestors that their grievances would be conveyed to the Divisional Commissioner, Education Commissioner, Director Education and other concerned officers for redressal.
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