STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A deputation of J&K United School Teachers Association (USTA) led by its provincial president Rajeev Kumar met Director School Education Jammu in his office chamber and put fourth the charter of demands which includes repatriate/ transfer on priority all masters who have completed much more than their tenure in far-flung areasas well as out of their district; transfer overstayed teachers left out in the recent tentative transfer proposals of teachers uploaded on the official website for inviting objections; also reconsider hard hit proposals for suitable adjustment; transfer policy for grade 2 and grade 3 teachers especially for married female teachers who are facing very hardships while performing their academic duties; adjust all the left out newly promoted lecturers in various subjects who are waiting for their adjustment for the last about 2 years and accord charge allowance in favour of all newly promoted temporary lecturers as per previous practice; regularise all incharge lecturers, Headmasters and other officers of the education department working in their own pay and grade since long; fill up all existing vacant posts of Masters, Lecturers, Headmasters and non-teaching staff by way of DPC; convert all left out education volunteers into ReTs and regularise them. They are working in the department from August 2004 and without salary for last few years; release 1st time bound in favour of undergraduate teachers appointed with effect from January 1992 to 1997. Also accord senior teacher grade to trained undergraduate teachers; clear pending time bound promotion files of teachers in distt. Kathua; debar teachers from all type of non-academic duties and engage them in teaching learning process; accord earned leave benefit in favour of teachers, masters, lecturers who performed their duties in vacation under COVID-19 pandemic.
The director school education gave patience hearing and discussed the demandsone by one and assured to redress them soon. Others who were part of delegation were Hari Singh, Yonus Rahi, Sunil Kumar, Roop Chand, Ganesh Dutt, Bodh Raj and Vijay Kumar etc.