The junior college teachers are refusing to end their boycott of the HSC exam assessment even after the government fulfilled their demand for issuing two GRs with regard to their demands. Now they want the government to fulfill a third demand.
The 60,000-strong Maharashtra State Federation of Junior College Teachers Organisation (MSFJCTO) had begun boycotting HSC assessment after the state delayed issuing two government resolutions (GR) that got cabinet nod in January.
On Wednesday, the two GRs were issued, but the teachers refused to budge, saying they would continue the boycott till a third demand was met.
"We are extremely thankful to the state for issuing the two GRs, but have decided to continue the protest until the state sanctions the posts of the 2,000 teachers who have been working without proper pay since 2008," said Anil Deskhmukh, secretary, MSFJCTO.
The two GRs issued pertain to application of the three-tier pay scale for teachers since 1996, and removal of the word 'permanent' from permanent unaided schools.
"The teachers were recruited when the board introduced new subjects like environmental sciences and maths practicals. However, the state did not sanction the posts and hence most of the teachers have not been paid for over seven years. The issue is pending with the high power committee. If we call off the boycott now, the state will once again put it in the back burner," said Deskhmukh.
While this issue had always figured in the teachers' list of demands, they had agreed to end the boycott once the first two GRs were issued. The MSFJCTO has two more demands that have been approved but not yet implemented through GRs.
"We will end the boycott only after our third demand is met. Until then, not even a single paper in the state will be assessed," said Deshmukh. The teachers will continue to boycott the chief moderator meetings being held in Pune.
Give us a chance to work: Unaided teachers
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra state permanent non-grant higher secondary schools action committee president T M Naik, said: "The state had assured us that our demands would be met. We withdrew our boycott as we had faith in the system. Going back on their word is not right. The state board must give us a chance and we promise to support it and ensure that the results are not affected."
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