Teachers under Central Scheme demand equal pay
Saturday, 22/09/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120922/punjab.htm#10
Patiala, : Angry at the Punjab Government for not regularising pay grades of the teachers working under Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS), the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhmyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and CSS Teachers Union today held a protest march in the city today.
They gathered at Nehru Park today and took out a rally, which ended outside the office of GK Singh, Patiala Deputy Commissioner (DC). They then handed over a memorandum to the DC.
Addressing the gathering, state general secretary of the union, Hardeep Todarpur, demanded equal pay for equal work for CSS teachers. "The Hindi teachers employed under CSS should be regularised immediately and salaries should be at par with the teachers from the Education Department because they do the same amount of work. We get a salary of Rs 18,000 and there is no provision of PF and GPF whereas the master cadre teachers in the Education Department get a salary of at least Rs 25,000 along with PF and GPF facility," he added. He said female employees got maternity leave for only three months and it was unpaid. "Female employees working in the Education Department get six-months leave with pay. This discrimination is morally unjust," he added.
