STATE TIMES NEWS
BANIHAL: Despite the tall claims of Education Department and the concerned minister of the department for streamlining the salaries of regularised Rehbar e Taleem teachers (RRETs), thousands of regulized teachers are still without salaries from past five to six months.
A deputation of Rehbar- e- Taleem teachers of Banihal on Sunday lashed out the government and concerned department for not releasing their pending dues of near about half year.
They said that in past many times government are claiming that they have streamlined the salaries of RRETs of the state .They said that the hallow claims of government regarding the salary disturbed the thousands of teachers of the state specially of Ramban district where teachers are without salaries.
The zonal President of the JK RET teachers forum Banihal Bhar Ahmed Mir said that the for not streamlined the salary system of RRET teachers government and the department is once again diverted the mind of teachers on the name of screening test which is the violation of court orders. They said the teachers who are mentioned in the screening test list by the department are got the degrees from UGC recognised univerties. They said that many batch mates of these teachers who acquired the degrees from the same univerties are selected through SSRB in different departments as well as in education department as general line teachers. They said that if these employes are selected through SSRB in different government Jobs then how can government asked to RET teachers for screening test.
The deputation alleged that it is nothing else but the harassment and diverted the mind of teachers by the department.
They questioned the government that how can one expects the better education in the government institutions specially in rural areas when a teacher was without salary from half of the year. They more said that the despite of these problems including finical problem teachers are giving there best in the schools which results the increase in literacy rate in the state specially in rural areas.
They appealed the government that close the chapter of screening test and release the pending dues of teachers as soon as possible otherwise the RET community Will again come on roads. Deputation said that the court order regarding the screening test is for those teachers who have acquired the degrees from tuck shops and during the checking of documents not a single case found the department. They said that if anybody found with the degree of tuck shops government can take action against them according to law, however the unnecessary harassment of the teachers are not justified.
The forum members said that their Forum Chairman Farooq Ahmed Tantary has already given the boycott call of screening test and they are boycott the so-called screening test.
The other from members who was present in the deputation including Shafqat Nisar, Mohammad Amin, Nazir Ahmed, Reyaz Ahmed, Ghangir Ghani and others was also present during the media infraction.
