SAD condemns Cong govt for discriminating against teachers and forcing them to come on streets
(Dr Daljit Cheema asks govt to resolve the grievances of the govt teachers immediately)
Chandigarh, June 4 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today condemned the Congress government for discriminating against teachers and forcing them to come to the streets even as it asked Education minister Vijay Inder Singla not to behave in an arrogant and dictatorial manner and resolve the grievances of government school teachers immediately.
In a statement here, former minister Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said it was shocking that during a time of pandemic when the teaching community’s role to shape the future generations was of utmost importance the Congress government was victimizing teachers and refusing to consider any of their genuine demands. “The government should call teacher representatives and resolve all their issues immediately failing which the SAD will also support the teachers in their demand for justice”.
Giving details, Dr Cheema said it was unfortunate that the Education minister had pushed the teachers against a wall by refusing to meet them due to which they were forced to hold motor cycle rallies in all major cities in the State. He said the government had failed to come out with a professional policy for smooth teaching in schools during the pandemic and was indulging in repeated experiments which had thrown the education system into disarray.
Dr Cheema said the government was unfairly using teachers for trainings and distribution of books and food even as it was repressing teachers who were standing up for their rights by treating their protest periods as leave and deducting their salaries.
He also highlighted how primary teachers had been transferred for the ninth time in a row and how the government was not releasing the report of the sixth Pay Commission and delaying its implementation deliberately. Dr Cheema also demanded the government sympathetically consider the other demands of the teachers including restarting pension which had been stopped since January, 2004.
