Affidavit Row: Teachers, staff to continue protest

Bhubaneswar:  Teachers and staff of several schools and colleges across the State have announced to continue with their stir and boycotting of class 12 answer sheet evaluation, after the inter-ministerial committee failed to come out with any concrete announcement .

The committee, constituted by the state government had sought time till last evening to take decision on the matter."However, no official notification has been issued  yet forcing the teachers to continue their stir," said a member of the Odisha School and College Teachers’ and Employees’ United Forum (OSCTUF).

Earlier on March 31, the agitating teachers had made their stand clear at a meeting with the inter-ministerial committee chaired by the State Finance Minister.

The teachers’ body has been demanding that the government issues a notification regarding the withdrawal of the affidavit clause prescribed in the Grant-in-Aid (GIA) Policy-2017.