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LAKHIMPUR: The All Assam Sarba Siksha 3rd-4th Grade Employees' Union has strongly demanded the State government to fulfil their demands by resolving their longstanding problems or to face agitation.
In this connection, the organization convened a press conference in North Lakhimpur Press Club on Saturday. Addressing the mediapersons, All Assam Sarba Siksha 3rd-4th Grade Employees Union working president Chandrasekhar Sarmah, secretary Uttam Dutta and Lakhimpur district unit joint secretary Pankaj Hazarika highlighted the long-pending issues of the employees concerned.
"Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a programme for Universal Elementary Education. This programme is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities to all children through provision of community-owned quality education in a mission mode. In Assam, a total of 1728 3rd and 4th Grade employees have been rendering their dedicated service under SSA since 2002. But the matter of resentment is that the jobs of these employees have still not been secured," stated Chandrasekhar Sarmah in the press conference.
On the other hand, secretary Uttam Dutta said that the issues of these employees had not been resolved despite consecutive prayers and petitions made to the Chief Minister, Education Minister as well as the high level officers of the Education Department of the State.
Through the press conference, the organization once again reiterated its demands to retain the jobs of the 3rd and 4th Grade employees up to 60 years with the security of their salaries, to provide them with all benefits, allowances of government employees by bringing their jobs under the ambit of 'Near Regularization', to provide them 'time scale' like the government employees of other departments, to release the Dearness Allowance pending for 30 months, to release the CPF ex-gratia within 6 months to the employees who die in harness and to bring them under New Pension Scheme (NPS) like other government employees.
The organization fixed a deadline of one week to the State government to fulfil these demands. Otherwise, the employees concerned will initiate agitation from December 29.
In the press conference, the organization declared the series of agitational programmes to be launched from December 29. As per the declaration, the employees concerned will wear black badges on that day while discharging their duty. Then demonstration of protest will be initiated from the first week of January in the upcoming year. It will be followed by submission of memorandum to the Chief Minister and Education Minister from every district through the Deputy Commissioner concerned on January 29.
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