Teachers back NPS employees' stir
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Sadou Asom Sanmilita Shikshak Mancha (SASSM) has extended support to agitation called by the All Assam Government NPS Employees Association in support of its demand for the restoration of the OPS (Old Pension Scheme). The SASSM has also opposed the State Government's directive to heads of education institutions to display photographs of all teachers in sturdy, good quality frames in all classrooms.
SASSM secretary general Syed Anisur Rahman said, "The NPS Employees Association had a meeting with top officials of the Finance Department in June this year with the Finance Minister in the chair on the restoration of the old pension scheme. The meeting ended on a positive note. However, nothing tangible happened towards that end. The NPS employees announced cease work agitation on August 22 and OPS Prapti Padayatra in September. We have extended support to these two agitation programmes. These are democratic agitations seeking justice."
On the directive of displaying photographs of teachers in classrooms, Syed Rahman said, "Already school campuses have photographs of teachers with their identities, phone numbers etc., on display. Apart from this, each teacher discloses his/her identity and speaks on a topic before the students during prayer. In such a situation, the question of students unable to recognize their teachers does not arise. The latest directive is nothing but a gimmick. The teachers feel insulted by this directive. We demand cancellation of this directive."
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