TNPGTA members demand pension reforms, transparency in transfers in Coimbatore
9 months, 2 weeks ago

TNPGTA members demand pension reforms, transparency in transfers in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Members of the Tamil Nadu Post Graduate Teachers’ Association staged a demonstration at the Chief Educational Officer’s office in Coimbatore, pressing for reforms and addressing key grievances. The members demanded the abolition of the Contributory Pension Scheme and urged the School Education Department to reinstate the old pension scheme and incentive pay for teachers. “There should be greater transparency in secondary school headmaster transfers and a system of offline district-level consultations and clear intra-district vacancy should be implemented,” a member said. Further, the group condemned insurance malpractices by private agencies under the New Health Insurance Scheme and called for free medical treatment for teachers.

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Restore old pension scheme, says teachers’ federation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Restore old pension scheme, says teachers’ federation

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Aided Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Federation has reminded Chief Minister M. K. Stalin of his poll promise of revival of old pension scheme and urged him to fulfil the promise after dissolving the committee constituted for studying the pros and cons of the unified pension scheme. In a letter to Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, president …

Tamil Nadu Govt staff up their ante, oppn continues tirade
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Govt staff up their ante, oppn continues tirade

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Employees of the State Secretariat wore black badges to work on Friday in protest against what they alleged as the present DMK government reneging in its electoral promise to restore the old pension scheme for government staff and demanded the scrapping of the committee formed to identify the right pension scheme for them. A statement from Tamil Nadu Secretariat …

Teachers Demand Settlement of Pending Bills and Implementation of PRC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Teachers Demand Settlement of Pending Bills and Implementation of PRC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Delayed Dearness Allowance payments and the inordinate delay in implementing the Pay Revision Commission have become pressing concerns for government employees and teachers. “The government must implement the PRC recommendations from July 1, 2023, and release the four pending DA instalments without any further delay,” Narsireddy said while addressing a gathering of teachers and employees. The meeting, under the …

Association urges T.N. govt. to fulfil promise on old pension scheme
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Association urges T.N. govt. to fulfil promise on old pension scheme

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Government All Department Pensioners’ Association has called upon the State government to fulfil the Chief Minister’s election promise to restore the old pension scheme for government employees and teachers. In a statement, the association criticised Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu’s recent announcement in the Assembly on forming a committee to study the Union government’s proposed Unified Pension Scheme, …

‘Pension fund shift automatic for KV teachers’: Madras High Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Pension fund shift automatic for KV teachers’: Madras High Court

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A division bench of Madras HC has ruled that switch over from contributory pension fund scheme to general pension fund scheme is automatic for teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan after the introduction of the GPF scheme pursuant to the office memorandum dated Sept 1, 1988. The ruling was issued on petitions filed by the Union Ministry of Education challenging …

Teachers in Coimbatore told to bring replacements before taking leave
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Teachers in Coimbatore told to bring replacements before taking leave

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Several secondary grade teachers in Madukkarai block allege that the Block Educational Officer has passed oral instructions to them to arrange temporary teachers at their expense whenever they avail medical leave. Requesting anonymity, a teacher who had availed of medical leave for two months, told TNIE that when she went to school last month to extend leave, she found …

Teachers' Association Demands Roll Back Of National Education Policy
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Teachers' Association Demands Roll Back Of National Education Policy

News 18  

The Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations on Wednesday organised a workshop at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here and reiterated its demand to roll back the National Education Policy 2020. The workshop highlighted the “negative impact” of NEP 2020 on the Indian education system, including the commercialization of education, erosion of academic standards, and declining inequitable access to higher education, …

Teachers, government employees stage protest in Coimbatore, demand restoration of old pension scheme
1 year, 2 months ago

Teachers, government employees stage protest in Coimbatore, demand restoration of old pension scheme

The Hindu  

Over 1,000 members of the Joint Action Council of Teachers’ Organizations and Government Employees staged a one-day protest at the Coimbatore District Collectorate on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, to draw attention to a host of issues, primarily their demand for the abolishment of the Contributory Pension Scheme and the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme. Among the participating groups were …

We’ll vote for the party that restores OPS, say striking teacher union leaders in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 5 months ago

We’ll vote for the party that restores OPS, say striking teacher union leaders in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The indefinite hunger strike launched by the State leaders of the A.P. The State committee leaders said they would not accept either the Contributory Pension Scheme or the Guaranteed Pension Scheme formulated by the State government as an alternative to the OPS. They said the government employees, teachers and the public at large would vote for the party that would …

‘Why not Old Pension Scheme’, ask various government employee unions in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Why not Old Pension Scheme’, ask various government employee unions in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Even as the Government of Andhra Pradesh has announced its decision to go ahead and implement through an Ordinance the Guaranteed Pension Scheme, calling it a viable middle path between the Contributory Pension Scheme and the Old Pension Scheme, the representatives of the government employees’ unions are gearing up for a ‘chalo Vijayawada’ protest on September 1 with the slogan, …

Teacher unions in Andhra Pradesh demand restoration of Old Pension Scheme, say GPS is unacceptable
1 year, 7 months ago

Teacher unions in Andhra Pradesh demand restoration of Old Pension Scheme, say GPS is unacceptable

The Hindu  

The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Organisations NTR district chairman Syed Kasim on August 12 slammed the YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh for going back on its promise to restore the Old Pension Scheme. ‘Employees taken for a ride’ Addressing the 200-odd teachers who participated in a six-hour protest staged at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada as part of the State-wide …

Contract lecturers in tribal welfare schools get HC boost
2 years, 1 month ago

Contract lecturers in tribal welfare schools get HC boost

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court directed the state government and Telangana State Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society to implement regular pension as per the revised pension rules, 1980 to the teaching staff, recruited on contract basis from 2000 to 2003 on a consolidated pay. Venugopal was dealing with a petition filed by 121 junior lecturers and other teaching staff, …

Andhra Pradesh: Teachers stage dharna seeking repeal of Contributory Pension Scheme
2 years, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Teachers stage dharna seeking repeal of Contributory Pension Scheme

The Hindu  

Teachers under the banner of AP Teachers Federation organised a dharna protesting the State government’s ‘indifference’ towards their demands, at the Gandhi Statue on Thursday. The teachers raised slogans seeking abolition of the Contributory Pension Scheme and continuation of the old pension scheme, stopping the process of merger of primary schools in high schools, continuation of both Telugu and English …

‘Fill vacancies in departments’
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Fill vacancies in departments’

The Hindu  

Members of the Tamil Nadu Government Employees Association staged a day-long dharna in front of the Regional Transport Office in Dindigul on Friday. They sought regularisation of services for more than 3 lakh workers like noon-meal and Anganwadi staff, revenue village assistance, and nurses recruited through the Medical Services Recruitment Board who are currently under consolidated, honorarium or special time-scale …

‘Will protest if salaries are stopped for 1,500 teachers’
5 years, 10 months ago

‘Will protest if salaries are stopped for 1,500 teachers’

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Primary School Teachers’ Federation on Monday threatened to launch a protest if the salaries for the 1,500 teachers, who did not qualify Teacher Eligibility Test was stopped. The Directorate of School Education recently issued a letter to stop the salaries of 1,500 teachers in government aided schools who joined the service in 2010 as they failed to clear …

Don't shut primary schools, Tamil Nadu govt urged
6 years, 10 months ago

Don't shut primary schools, Tamil Nadu govt urged

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUCHY: The ‘Tamil Nadu Primary School Teachers Federation’ appealed to the State government to give up its move to close down more than 1,350 primary schools on the ground that such schools were having low students strength, and also to give up its move to close down the department of Elementary Education, which is functioning for the last 24 years. …

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