Dimapur, May 3 (EMN): The All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (Ansta) has urged the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) government to ‘take up the issues of pending salary of SSA teachers and regularisation of ad hoc teachers on top priority’.
A press release from the association on Thursday stated that unlike private schools, most government schools in the state had started their academic sessions very late due to the assembly elections as ‘almost all government schools were used as training venues, polling stations, and for security accommodation etc.’
“This was followed by the conduct of HSLC & HSSLC exams in which the exam centre schools could not have the classes. Hence, organizing agitation at this point of time will be too costly for the students as far as student academic interest is concerned. The Association also recalls that one election manifesto of present PDA Govt. is timely release of teacher’s salary if elected to power. Now they are at the helm of power, it hopes they will maintain the integrity of their manifesto by releasing pending salaries of the teachers in time,” it stated.
The association informed that the ‘regularisation’ of the employment of 1166 ad hoc teachers has been cleared by “P&AR, Finance, Screening Committee” and awaits cabinet approval. According to it, ‘the court case of ACAUT and PASN’ was very clear and has no implication of the ‘regularisation’ of 1166 ad hoc teachers in any matter ‘as far as letter written to chief minister regarding dropping certain agendas on 11th Nov. 2017 cabinet meeting is concerned’.
It appealed the cabinet to have an ‘early sitting and approve the said proposal.’
