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Secondary people teachers, who person been protesting successful Chennai for the past 37 days, decided to extremity their protestation connected Saturday, aft School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi assured them of a determination based connected a three-member committee report.
The Minister, successful a release, requested the protesting teachers to instrumentality to work. In 2023, the State authorities formed a three-member committee, comprising the Finance Secretary (Expenditure), the Principal Secretary of the School Education Department and the Director of Elementary Education, to code their issues.
In a property release, Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers’ Association said: “Based connected the Minister’s request, we judge that the authorities volition marque a bully decision. Therefore, the conflict is being temporarily postponed connected the ground of goodwill, considering the acquisition payment of the students and the carnal wellness of the secondary teachers, who person been struggling for a agelong time.”
Over 1,000 secondary people teachers attached to authorities schools crossed the State person been protesting for “equal wage for adjacent work”. They are protesting to item the wage disparity among teachers wrong their wage grade.
Secondary people teachers appointed earlier June 1, 2009, person a basal wage of ₹8,370, portion those appointed aft that day person conscionable ₹5,200. At present, post-2009 appointees gully a monthly wage of astir ₹20,600, including allowances, compared to the ₹28,950 received by those appointed earlier.
Though 2 talks were held with officials of the School Education Department and the Minister, nary solution was reached.
