Protesting lecturers to participate in plus two exams; Token Strike To Continue
The lecturers belonging to various categories of colleges have decided to cooperate for the smooth conduct of Plus two examination.
The striking teachers of 662 category of Plus II and Plus III colleges have decided to participate in the conduct of the annual Plus II examinations scheduled to start from March 1.
Keeping in mind the interest of the students, the teachers have vowed to join duty from tomorrow. But, a token strike will continue in Bhubaneswar.
The committee will convene a meeting between March 10 and 12. We will raise our demands. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari has assured us to consider our demands. We have decided to join duty for a smooth conduct of examination tomorrow as thefuture of lakhs of students is involved in it. But, our token strike will continue here,” said convenor of the lecturers’ association Golak Nayak.
Around 4,500 teachers who were on dharna will take part in the annual test.
The lecturers had threatened to boycott the annual Plus two examinations if the state government does not revise their salaries. The lecturers were also demanding release of grant-in-aid.
The lecturers have alleged that they are getting much less salary than their counterparts, they have demanded equal pay for equal work.
The teachers have been fighting to get equal pay for equal work. They have been alleging they are getting much less salary than their counterparts. The disparity should be cleared by the government by bringing all lecturers under one pay slab, they demanded.
The association members have been staging protest at Mahatma Gandhi Marg for the last three days demanding revision of their salaries.
The CHSE plus two board examinations will commence from March 1, 2023 informed the Council Of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Saturday.
Odisha Plus 2 Exams for Arts, Science Commerce and Vocational stream will begin from April 28, 2022.
The examinations will be conducted under CCTV Surveillance. The centre superintendents are requested to ensure that CCTV is made functional in all examination halls well in advance of the commencement of examination and to see that CCTVS are functioning throughout all sittings uninterruptedly.
