JKTA welcomed the induction of Alok Kumar IRS as Secretary Education

GNSONLINE JAMMU

JAMMU AUGUST 18:–Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Association (JKTA) has welcomed the induction of Alok Kumar IRS as Principal Secretary School education department.
JKTA raised genuine issues of the teaching community of Jammu and Kashmir UT.
Bhupinder Singh President JKTA said that the pay anomaly of teachers should be removed and the pay should be at par with the other Union Territories of India.
Teachers Association also suggested to frame transfer policy for RETs, RRETs and transfer policy
for female teachers, adding that more than 17 years of service in the same schools for GRADE-II and GRADE- III Teachers is arising a question on government policy for females teachers.
The JKTA also demanded in a single voice that there must be an enhancement of honorarium of Mid-day Meal Cooks, adding that the minimum wages for the cooks should be Rs 6000 per month. The JKTA has expressed full faith on the newly inducted Secretary Alok Kumar and welcomed on the behalf of teaching fraternity and hoped that department will grow in a most qualitative and quantitative manner.