Annual General Body Meeting of South Andaman Teachers' Branch

The Annual General Body Meeting of the South Andaman Teachers’ Branch of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association  was held   today  (14.02.2015)   at the Auditorium, Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Port Blair. Inaugurating the Annual General Body meeting, Shri Dharmendra Kumar, Deputy Director(Admn.), Department of Education, called upon the teachers to work for the improvement in the Quality of Education in these Islands. He reiterated the commitment for working for the upliftment of the teaching community and assured the Association that the issues pending shall be resolved amicably through talks and discussions. The Special Guest on the occasion, Dr. Dheeraj Kumar, Principal, Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Port Blair also urged the teachers to work hard and sincerely for improving the standard of Education in govt. schools. He asked the teachers to pave the way for a community which is well educated and informed to be an example for others.

Shri D. Ayyappan, Former General Secretary of the Association while addressing the meeting explained in detail the movements being conducted by the central government employees in the country on various issues and recalled historical struggles made by the Association for various achievements of teachers. Earlier, Shri Venkat Rama Rao, outgoing Vice President, South Andaman Teachers’ Branch welcomed the guests and other dignitaries in the meeting. Shri R.Surendran Pillai, Secretary and Shri R.D.Yadav  Treasurer of SATB presented the Secretary’s Report and Audited Account respectively which were adopted after discussion. Meeting also adopted various resolutions like Grant of Part B to left out teachers, Grant of ISDA during summer vacation, Regularisation of Ad-hoc appointment, Inservice B.Ed. facility, change in school timing for Port Blair area etc. Shri T.S.Sreekumar, General Secretary, NGOs’ Association explained in detail to the questions raised by the members during the discussion session and appealed the teachers to be united and strengthen the Association.

Shri HL Prasad, President of Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association presided over the meeting. Smt Nasreen Begum proposed the vote of thanks. A large number of teachers from various schools in Port Blair and South Andaman area attended the meeting.