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Teachers protest against privatisation of education

Kapurthala: About 3,000 Government teachers from all over Punjab on Sunday organised a protest rally in the Shalimar garden here against the privatisation of education in the State.

Seventeen Government Teachers unions under the Banner of Sarkari School Sikhya Bachao Manch had given the call for a protest march to the residence of Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur on Sunday. Tension mounted at the venue of agitation over the taking out of protest march between the teachers and the police. Executive Magistrate Gurpreet Singh and city DSP S.S. Chinna played pivotal roles in defusing the tension by arranging a meeting between the agitating teachers and Education Minister at her residence in Chandigarh on February 20 to give a sympathetic consideration to their demands.

At this the agitating teachers abandoned their plan of protest march in the town and handed over the memorandum to SDM G.S. Khera .

The teachers are demanding the withdrawing the scheme of opening of adarsh schools by the private companies, teachers recruited by Zila Parishads and panchayats be adjusted in the education department, filling the vacant posts of teachers, ban on the contractual system of employment, promotions of Headmasters and principals to fill the vacant posts and stopping the victimization of teachers.

The police has made elaborate arrangements in the town in wake of the teachers agitation and also cordoned the area leading to the residence of Education Minister. — PTI

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