Janamukti Secondary Teachers’ Organization demanded educational reforms in the Hills

Mukesh Sharma,Kalimpong 12 January Janmukti secondary teachers’ organization submitted a 5 point memorandum to the administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Anil Verma pertaining to the educational issues in the secondary schools under DGHC. In the memorandum the organization has demanded the long unsettled case of the regularization of adhoc teachers and the volunteer teachers and the establishment of the school service commission for the hilly areas.  In addition, the organization demanded the recognition of the established junior high school under DGHC with grant -in- aid facility, besides the 31 schools that are in correspondences of DGHC, the organization demanded the recognition of 23 other such school being established and run by the organising teachers. The teacher  organization has strongly protested against the recently  step motherly attitude of the state government in which thirty nine thousand five hundred one additional teaching post were sanctioned for all districts under west Bengal as per the gazette notification  no.1584-SE(S)/IA-01/09(Pt) dated 21st December 2011 but none has been allotted to DGHC area. The organization has also raised the voice for the appointment to the group C and D post in the government aided school under DGHC which has been kept pending due to the SSC Act . In favour of this point the organization has cited that in spite of the fact there is no SSC in the hills the same should be processed as per the existing procedure (DGHC) so that the problem due  gets compounded . Speaking the media JSTO spokesperson Bishen Roka said that the organization raised voice for the adhoc teachers who have acquired favorable high court verdicts and have been given approval for appointment but there are still many who have not been accorded approval because of the absence of vacant posts. The organization has demanded the administrator to consider conversions of post while maintaining the mandatory staff pattern so that some of these cases can be settled. The memorandum copy has been forwarded to the all three MLAs of the hill along with the DM who are the board of administrator of the DGHC.