Sikshya Sahayaks launch cease-work stir

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sikshya Sahayak Association (OSSA) today began indefinite hunger strike at the lower PMG protesting government's decision to recruit teachers on ad hoc basis and delay in appointment of more than 14 thousand teachers on regular basis.

Alleging gross negligence in appointment in as many as 14,087 Sikshya Sahayak posts, OSSA has demanded that the government should come out with the draft list of recruitment in lieu of the notification published on 26.12.2016 and begin the recruitment process.

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“Even though it’s been eight months since the publication of notification, the government is yet to take any decision,” said the President of OSSA, MN Padmolachan Sahu.

Earlier in the day more than 50,000 teachers and employees of the School Teachers Federation of Odisha (STFO) and lecturers’ association of 662 and 448-category colleges continued their demonstration at lower PMG for the second consecutive day under the banner of Odisha School College Teachers and Employees Joint Forum.

They have been demanding abolition of the block grant system, equal salary for equal work, salary as per 7th Pay Commission recommendations, provision of full aid and government takeover of all aided schools amongst others.