Dimapur, April 28 (MExN): The All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teacher’s Group (ANATG) 2015 Batch Dimapur Unit today sought immediate government's intervention and demanded concrete solution regarding their service regularisation.
In a press release issued by its President Surhota Yhobu and General Secrtary Kughalu Swu, the unit said that they have been “silently patient for all these years" but they be forced to exercise their fundamental rights in form of protest or agitation against the Government if the demands are not fulfilled.
It informed that ad-hoc teachers have been rendering their services for 8 to 9 years with full dedication imparting quality education in the state while receiving meagre amounts of Rs. 6700/- for Primary Teacher and Rs. 8400/- for Graduate Teacher per month.
Besides, even the 2018 new Ad-hoc Teacher appointees were given the scale pay while there has been no intervention from the government for them, it maintained.
Even in the 7th ROP the 2015 Batch’s plight was gone unheard and the fixed pay is still continuing, depriving us of all the benefits, it added.
The Unit further pointed out the teachers has also fulfilled the criteria laid before us by the Government of Nagaland for their service regularisation such as D.E.T, D.EL.ED, B.ED and so on.
On May 20, 2017 the adhoc teachers also took the Suitability Test (ST) but they are still awaiting the government's order for service regularisation, which is carried out after every three years, it added.
In this connection, the release informed that it has approached and submitted several representations, memorandum and ultimatum to the government on this issue but “so far there have been no positive responses and instead the Government chose to defer the matter without any concrete reason.”
While stating that they came across information that deferment was due to the case filed by PSAN and ACAUT, the Unit pointed out that their “case does not fall under PSAN and ACAUT’s purview.”
“So, why we are being victimised by the Government of Nagaland?” it questioned. Further opining that “there is a limit to everything” and there is a growing “frustration and unrest among the group members” it regretted that their regularization is being denied by “our very own elected representatives.”
It therefore urged the government to look into their matter with “top priority by fulfilling your terms and conditions and to expedite our service regularization.”
The Unit further added that despite government’s silent and neglect, as “professionals and committed to our work ethics that we will continue giving our best for the welfare of the students, the school and the District.”
On April 24, the ANATG Batch 2015 also made appeal and urged the Nagaland Government to regularise the services of ad-hoc teachers from the batch.
