Ropar, September 26
Demanding regular jobs, around 12 temporary teachers climbed onto a maintenance railing of a headworks bridge on the Sutlej here today. The protesters said their jobs were not regularised despite the fact that they were working for the past 18 years
in government schools.
Under the banner of the Temporary Teachers’ Union, nearly 200 teachers reached at the bridge around 9 am and 12 of them climbed upon the railing. Rajinder Kaur, one of the protesters from Ropar district, said their jobs were not regularised though they fulfilled all the requirements. They had already been sitting on a dharna in front of the Punjab School Education Board office for past 105 days in Mohali, she said. The police officials tried to persuade the protesters to get down of the bridge railing on the promise of arranging a meeting between them and officials at the Chief Minister’s residence in Morinda. The agitating teachers, after
sending their four representatives to meet the officials, however, decided to continue their protest. After seven hours, they suspended their agitation when a letter was received from Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mankanwal Singh Chahal that to resolve their demands, a meeting had been fixed at noon at the Punjab Civil Secretariat tomorrow. — TNS
Seeking regular jobs, teachers climb bridge railing in Ropar
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