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Kishtwar: With the withholding of salaries for the last 6 months 242 teachers of Doda district are fed up with the attitude of the government and now have started some private business in order to keep the family pot boiling.
As per sources, 242 teachers who were appointed by the state government as 3rd teachers in primary and middle schools of Doda district in 2003 are without salary for the last 6 months after they were confirmed as permanent teachers.
These teachers were working as Rehbre-Taleem teachers and they were getting Rs 1500/- salary in the first two years which was enhanced as Rs 2000/ in third year of service. Government had fixed criteria that these teachers will be regularized after 5 years of service. All of the 242 ReT teachers were regularized in the month of November. They started receiving full regular salaries but all of a sudden their salaries were stopped from the month of March this year. Now for the last 6 months, they are without any salary.
Though they were highly excited on confirmation yet the attitude of government but their economic conditions is worse than those ReT teachers who are getting Rs. 1500/- per month.
Withholding of salaries of these teachers has forced them to initiate some other jobs in order to earn bread and butter. Many of them have opened shops while few are selling vegetables. Shabir Ahmed who is posted as teacher in Middle School Changa of tehsil Gandoh is an example of this. He said, “When we are getting nothing for our duties, we have to feed up our family and it is why I have opened a shop in my village which I operate after 4PM”, Shabir Ahmed said. Another teacher posted in Middle School Icher Dudwar Anayat Hussain in the same tehsil is selling eggs and Rajmash in Bhallesa area to meet the demands of the family. “If we do not this, we will starve”, he said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the problems of salaries are only with the teachers of Doda district. Sources said that government has released salaries of these teachers in all districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Taking dig at the government, Secretary of Teachers Association Doda, Jamaat Ali told Bold Voice that government is forcing them to adopt another way to get their rights. “Salary is the fundamental right of the employee and government is curbing our rights”, he said adding that if teachers community are not provided salaries in a week they will went on pen down strike.
Meanwhile Member Legislative Council of the area Advocate Naresh Gupta said that he is going to talk to Minister for School Education and will stressed upon him to release the salaries of these teachers. He said that these teachers are in trouble due to withholding of salary and they should be given it within no time.
When contacted, Chief Education Officer of Doda district YR Thusoo admitted that 242 teachers of Doda are not getting salaries for the last 6 months. He said that they have no funds to provide salaries to the teachers. “We were earlier releasing salaries of these teachers from the District Funds and there was no problem in it however Planning department has changed the head and they have kept the salaries of these teachers in Non-Plan Funds which will be released only when the government approved it”. He said that the file is in process and these teachers will be given salaries probably in the next month.
Kishtwar: With the withholding of salaries for the last 6 months 242 teachers of Doda district are fed up with the attitude of the government and now have started some private business in order to keep the family pot boiling.
As per sources, 242 teachers who were appointed by the state government as 3rd teachers in primary and middle schools of Doda district in 2003 are without salary for the last 6 months after they were confirmed as permanent teachers.
These teachers were working as Rehbre-Taleem teachers and they were getting Rs 1500/- salary in the first two years which was enhanced as Rs 2000/ in third year of service. Government had fixed criteria that these teachers will be regularized after 5 years of service. All of the 242 ReT teachers were regularized in the month of November. They started receiving full regular salaries but all of a sudden their salaries were stopped from the month of March this year. Now for the last 6 months, they are without any salary.
Though they were highly excited on confirmation yet the attitude of government but their economic conditions is worse than those ReT teachers who are getting Rs. 1500/- per month.
Withholding of salaries of these teachers has forced them to initiate some other jobs in order to earn bread and butter. Many of them have opened shops while few are selling vegetables. Shabir Ahmed who is posted as teacher in Middle School Changa of tehsil Gandoh is an example of this. He said, “When we are getting nothing for our duties, we have to feed up our family and it is why I have opened a shop in my village which I operate after 4PM”, Shabir Ahmed said. Another teacher posted in Middle School Icher Dudwar Anayat Hussain in the same tehsil is selling eggs and Rajmash in Bhallesa area to meet the demands of the family. “If we do not this, we will starve”, he said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the problems of salaries are only with the teachers of Doda district. Sources said that government has released salaries of these teachers in all districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Taking dig at the government, Secretary of Teachers Association Doda, Jamaat Ali told Bold Voice that government is forcing them to adopt another way to get their rights. “Salary is the fundamental right of the employee and government is curbing our rights”, he said adding that if teachers community are not provided salaries in a week they will went on pen down strike.
Meanwhile Member Legislative Council of the area Advocate Naresh Gupta said that he is going to talk to Minister for School Education and will stressed upon him to release the salaries of these teachers. He said that these teachers are in trouble due to withholding of salary and they should be given it within no time.
When contacted, Chief Education Officer of Doda district YR Thusoo admitted that 242 teachers of Doda are not getting salaries for the last 6 months. He said that they have no funds to provide salaries to the teachers. “We were earlier releasing salaries of these teachers from the District Funds and there was no problem in it however Planning department has changed the head and they have kept the salaries of these teachers in Non-Plan Funds which will be released only when the government approved it”. He said that the file is in process and these teachers will be given salaries probably in the next month.
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