Regularisation, salary: Teaching, nonteaching staff continue protest

Around 500 daily wage staff of different model colleges continue their protest for fourth consecutive day at D-Chowk.


APP May 09, 2014
Around 500 daily wage staff of different model colleges continue their protest for fourth consecutive day at D-Chowk. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD:


Around 500 daily wage teaching and non-teaching staff of different model colleges continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday at D-Chowk, demanding regularisation of their services and release of salaries.


Ehsan Bangash, a teacher from Islamabad Model College for Boys (IMCB) F-8/4, said that daily-wagers in model colleges were not being regularised despite serving for many months.

He said despite the recommendations of a cabinet committee the education authorities were not implementing it.

Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) Joint Secretary Prof Tahir Bhatti said that the previous government had regularised a number of teachers and those left were expecting that
the incumbent government will take up their issue, but it has not yet taken any step in this regard.

He said that a number of daily-wagers were serving in colleges at a meager salary ranging from Rs7,000 to Rs10,000 a month while many were working without salary. “They have not been given salaries for many months and it is becoming difficult for them to run their day today affairs,” he said.

Huma Iqbal from F-10/2 College, Safia Bano from F-7/2 College and Najma from IMCG Kot Hathial College said that four of their female colleagues fainted the previous day during the protest and no one from the administration showed up to express sympathy with them.

“We will continue to protest till our demands are met,” they said.

Fauzia Shaheen, another daily wage teacher said, “I have been teaching at a model college for the last one year without a salary but it is becoming difficult to continue my job.”

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9th, 2014.

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