Assam: 1,539 grade IV employees of ME Schools demand job regularization

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The All Assam Newly Post-Provincialized ME School Grade IV Employees' Association has raised the demand for treating their posts as full-fledged regular employees. On September 23, 2022, the State Government provincialized 1,539 grade IV employees of ME Schools. The association said that despite the provincialization of their posts, they continue to be victims of discrimination, and they get less wages than daily-wage earners. They said that each of them gets Rs 8,000 per month, and when computed, the daily wage is Rs 266, which is much less than a daily-wage earner.

According to the association, at the time of the provincialization of their posts, the government regularised the candidates with the required qualifications as teachers and the less qualified ones as tutors. "However, in our case, despite being qualified, the government doesn't treat us as regular grade IV employees," Mohidul Kabir, the general secretary of the association, said.

Kabir further said, "The government also stopped short of issuing any directive if it will at all treat us as regular employees in the future. We have raised the demand for treating us as regular employees before the Chief Minister and Education Minister. If the government doesn't meet our demand, we will take to the streets. We have also raised the demand for Rs 10 lakh as a gratuity to provincialized Grade IV employees who have passed away"..

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