IMPHAL, April 9: The Joint Action Committee of All Manipur Hill Districts Contract Basis Teachers`™ Association (AMHDCBTA) has imposed ban on all the national projects undertaken in Manipur from April 9 onward in protest against the government of Manipur for its failure to regularize the Hill Districts Contact Basis Teachers 2006 batch under the Directorate of Education (S).
JAC members along with media persons inspected the project office base camp 96+920 MN06-CW-2 at Sombrei.
Speaking at the sideline to the media persons, JAC member, Rounder Paul has said that a good numbers of contract basis teachers were appointed and engaged by the Directorate of Education (S) Hills under the MoU signed between the government of Manipur and the ATSUM in the year 2006 to cater the educational needs of hill schools.
He continued that the MoU clearly read that the service of the teachers appointed on contract basis will be utilised until the posts are filled up on Regular basis through normal recruitment. The service extension order of this contract basis teachers and payment of remuneration was made only up to 2008. However, no extension order had been made despite rendering their valuable service for the past many years, he said.
In November 2011, the physical verification accompanied with relevant documents was conducted by the Directorate of Education (S) for the service extension/regularisation and in due process 772 numbers of contract teachers were found to be genuine by the concerned Directorate and put up to the higher Authority but no concrete development has been taken up till date, he added.
Rounder Paul reiterated that the contract teachers have tirelessly rendered their sacrificial service towards the schools in which many hill schools are facing acute shortage of teachers. It is injustice on the part of the government to adopt the policy of use and throw towards the valuable service of the contract teachers, he added.
Rounder Paul also said that JAC-AMHDCBTA would initiate any form of agitation under democratic means, if the government fail to redress and bring amicable solution with 12 April for the end of justice.