Bhubaneswar: The striking teachers of 662 category of Plus II and Plus III colleges have decided to participate in the conduct of the annual Plus II examinations scheduled to start from March 1.
In the larger interest of the students, the teachers have vowed to join duty from tomorrow. However, a token strike will continue at the Low PMG in Bhubaneswar till their demands are fully met.
The decision came after a meeting between teachers’ delegation and inter-ministerial committee today. The ministerial panel requested the teachers to join duty and assured them to consider their demands.
The committee will convene a meeting between March 10 and 12. We will raise our demands. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari has assured us to consider our demands. We have decided to join duty for a smooth conduct of examination tomorrow as thefuture of lakhs of students is involved in it. But, our token strike will continue here,” said convenor of the lecturers’ association Golak Nayak.
Around 4,500 teachers who were on dharna will take part in the annual test.
The teachers had threatened to boycott the annual Plus II examinations scheduled to start from March 1, if the state government does not revise their salaries and order equal work for equal pay. The lecturers of private colleges of Odisha are also on strike demanding release of grant in aid.
The teachers have been fighting to get equal pay for equal work. They have been alleging they are getting much less salary than their counterparts. The disparity should be cleared by the government by bringing all lecturers under one pay slab, they demanded.
The association members have been staging protest at Mahatma Gandhi Marg for the last three days demanding revision of their salaries.
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