Dimapur, April 28 (EMN): A group of teachers –appointed as ad hoc employees since 2015 – has demanded the state government to regularise their service.
A press release from the ad hoc teachers ‘from the Dimapur unit 2015’ on Sunday stated they have been “in the teaching service for eight (8) plus years with the nomenclature, ‘ad-hoc teacher’ (sic) under the government of Nagaland, directorate of School Education with a fixed pay of Rs 6700 for primary teachers and Rs. 8400 for graduate teachers to this day”.“There were certain criteria laid before us by the government of Nagaland in order for our service to be regularised which we have completed viz, D.E.T, D.EL.ED, B.ED. In the month of 20th May 2017, we have also taken the Suitability Test (ST) and still awaiting the government order for service regularisation which is after every 3 years,” it stated.
Their ‘plight’ has been left ‘unheard’ even after the implementation of the 7th ROP, the teachers stated. “...we have learned that the reason for the deferment of our matter by the government was due to the case filed by PSAN and ACAUT, but to make things clear and transparent our case does not fall under PSAN and ACAUT’s purview. So, why we are being victimized by the government of Nagaland?” it asked.
While stating that they want ‘justice’, the teachers appealed to the government of Nagaland to ‘expedite their service regularisation’. “We demand equal pay for equal work,” the statement read.
