IMPHAL, March 10 (NNN): Agitating teachers of government colleges today staged a sit-in-protest at the gate of the Modern College, Imphal as part of their ongoing cease-work strike.
Teachers of the government colleges under the banner of the All Manipur College Teachers`™ Association have been on cease-work strike since February 18 last.
As state government is yet to address the demands of the teachers, classes of almost all the colleges in the state remained cancelled for around two weeks even though students of the colleges have been pressing the authority to resume their classes.
Students of government colleges had even resorted to violent agitations in their respective colleges after government had failed to heed to their demand for immediate resumption of classes by setting a three-day deadline which was expired on February 28 last.
Teachers under the banner of All Manipur College Teachers Association (AMCTA) have been launching the cease-work strike after government failed to fulfill their demands which include among others cancelation of recent orders regarding appointment of principals of colleges and fresh notification for appointment of regular principals of the colleges among others.
Teachers who participated in the sit-in-protest reaffirmed that they will continue their stir until their demands were fulfilled by the state government.
The blamed the alleged state government`™s indifferent attitude towards fulfilling their demands despite several rounds of talks and repeated calls.
The teachers were also demanding removal of the existing commissioner of higher education P Vaiphei from the higher education department while alleging that his poor administration has failed to uplift the higher education in the state.
Other demands of the association includes immediate release of pending due allowances that is career advancement schemes, travelling allowances etc. entitled to the college teachers and equivalent cadres by making correction of Revision of Pay orders of August 12, 2011 as top priority and immediate release of fresh notification/ OM considering local condition in respect of recruitment and appointment of regular principals to all the government colleges of Manipur.
Regarding their demands, the authorities had given verbal assurances to address the issues responding to memoranda submitted to the state chief minister and education minister on November 18,2014, they maintained.