Annual General Body Meeting of SATB

The Annual General Body meeting of the South Andaman Teachers’ Branch of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association was held today (12.01.2013)  at Tagore Auditorium, Middle Point, Port Blair.  Inaugurating the Annual General Body meeting, Dr Iqbal Ahmad, Principal, JNRM, Port Blair called upon the teachers to continue to work for the expansion of education in these far flung islands.  He appreciated the work being done by the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association for the government employees in general and teachers in particular and further recalled the movements conducted by the Association under the leadership of late PKS Prasad.  Shri Pronob Banerjee, former President of the Association, who was the Guest of Honour on the occasion, called upon the teaching community to remain united behind the NGOs’ Association so that their various issues and demands can be achieved.  Shri D. Ayyappan, 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 called upon the teachers in the islands to part of such a larger movement.  Shri Venkat Rama Rao, outgoing Secretary of the SATB pre4sented the working report of the Branch for the last one year while Shri R. Surendran Pillai, Treasurer presented the Audited Accounts of the Branch.  The General Body meeting adopted a resolution which was moved by Shri TS Sreekumar, Asst General Secretary, on the various aspects of implementation of Right to Education Act, 2009 in these islands.  Resolutions on various issues of teachers, moved by Shri SL Vinjit, Joint Secretary, SATB, were adopted after discussion.  Earlier, Shri Sadanand Rai, Vice President of the Association welcomed the gathering.  Shri HL Pasad, Vice President of the SATB presided over the meeting.  A large number of teachers from various schools of Port Blair and South Andaman areas attended the meeting.