Bhubaneswar: The agitating primary school teachers on Wednesday decided to withold their strike on hold till December 20 following announcement of a committee headed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra to review the former’s demands.
The committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary, includes Development Commissioner, Finance Secretary and School and Mass Education Secretary. This committee is expected to take a decision on the teachers’ grievances after holding discussion between December 16 and 20, reports stated.
The protesting teachers had threatened to go on mass leave after their discussion with the State Government failed. The teachers today said that they would decide the on the strike after December 20.
The teachers have demanded abolition of the contractual appointment system, an increment to those who were appointed after 2001 and the reimplementation of the old pension scheme.
