A deputation of J & K United School Education (USTA) under the leadership of Rajeev Kumar provincial president, met Director School Education Jammu Dr. Ravikant Sharma in his office

A deputation of J & K United School Education (USTA) under the leadership of Rajeev Kumar
provincial president, met Director School Education Jammu Dr. Ravikant Sharma in his office
chamber and put forth a charter of demands, which includes :
● Implement transfer policy transparently and repatriate / transfer on priority all
Teachers, masters, Lecturers, and Head masters who have completed much more than
their tenure in far-flung areas as well as in other districts.
● Fill all vacant posts of Masters, Lecturers, Headmasters, ZEOs, Principals and 4th class
employees by way of DPC at an earliest.
● Adjust all the left out newly promoted lecturers in various subjects who are waiting for
their adjustments for the last 18 months and accord charge allowance in favour of all
newly promoted temporary lecturers and other officers as per previous practice.
● Regularise all incharge lecturers, Headmasters and other officers on priority.
● Convert all left out RRets into teachers grade II and III as per SAC decision.
● Release 1st time bound in favour of undergraduate teacher appointed with effect from
January 1992 to 1997. Also accord senior teacher grade to trained undergraduate
teachers.
● Introduce pre-primary class by providing additional teachers and infrastructure in all
schools having primary classes as the admission age in government schools is five
years whereas it is three years in private schools.
● Debar teachers from all types of non-academic duties including BLO and COVID- 19
etc. and engage them to teach students.
● Issue circular for confirmation who have completed two years service.
● Accord instructions to DDOs for completion of service book records of teachers
working under their control at the time of retirement or transfer.
● Stop new pension scheme and implement old pension scheme.
The Director of School Education gave patience hearing and discussed demands one-by-one
and assured to resolve them in near future. The delegation comprised of Hari Singh, Yunus
Rahi, Roop Chand, Bashir Ahmed, Angad Singh, Ganesh Datt, Anju Saini, Farid Jalal and
Gulzar Hussain etc.



