Delegation of SATB meets Secretary-cum-Director of Education

A delegation of the South Andaman Teachers’ Branch of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association met the Secretary-cum-Director of Education  today  (19^th January, 2015) and discussed with him various issues relating to the teachers. The Association requested the Secretary-cum-Director of Education to take initiative to resolve the issue of granting upgraded Pay under Part B  to the left-out categories of teachers  like Headmasters, Physical Education Teachers, Craft Instructors, Librarians, etc.  which is pending with the Govt. of India. The delegation requested the Secy-cum-Director of Education to start the process of regularization of adhoc services from the initial date of appointments of a large number of teachers whose cases are pending for quite a long time. Apart from this,   various other issues like (i) Grant of ISDA during summer vacation (ii) Confirmation of teachers & publishing of seniority list (iii) Timely sanction of financial benefits under ACP/MACP Scheme (iv) Converting the ‘On Request’ transfers of the  remaining 32 PSTs & other categories  of teachers to ‘Public Interest’ (v) Publication of yearly academic calendar (vi) Appointment on compassionate ground (vii) Issue of juniors drawing higher pay than senior (viii) Reimbursement of medical claims in respect of private registered hospitals, etc. were also discussed with him. The Secretary-cum-Director of Education assured the delegation that appropriate steps will be taken to settle the demands early. The members of the delegation consisted of Shri H.L.Prasad, Acting President, Shri T.S.Sreekumar, Asst. General Secretary and Shri R.Surenrdan Pillai, Secretary, Shri S.L.Vinjit, Joint Secretary, Shri D.N.Banerjee, Organising Secretary & Shri P.Srinivasa Rao, Office Secretary respectively of the South Andaman Teachers’ Branch of the Association.