West Bengal government agreed to hike the pay grade of the teachers

West Bengal government agreed to hike the pay grade of the teachers

On Friday, the West Bengal government announced a hike in the grade pay of the primary teachers. The enhancement of the grade pay was notified by the school education department of the government. "The grade pay of trained primary teachers in enhanced from Rs. 2,600 in pay band 2 to Rs. 3,600 in Pay Band 3 and the grade pay of untrained primary teachers is enhanced from Rs2,300 to Rs. 2,900 in Pay Band 2 with effect from August 1, 2019," the notification said. "We have not seen the order yet. But we have heard about it. If this announcement is true we are not at all happy. We are waiting for the government's decision on the revocation of transfer orders of 14 primary teachers," Sandeep Ghosh, one of the agitating teachers, said. On Thursday, State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that the government has agreed to effect a hike in the pay grade of the primary teachers. He also reasoned that teachers are being transferred due to the shortage of teachers in other schools. Earlier, actor-director Aparna Sen also paid a visit to the primary teachers and urged the state government to look into their matte with utmost importance. She also said that state government should stop giving donations to the clubs, organizing different festivals and pay its dues to the primary teachers. "I am ashamed to think of myself as a Bengali. What is happening in our state? (The state government must) stop giving donations to the clubs ... stop organizing different festivals and immediately pay the dues to these teachers," Ms. Sen said after meeting the agitating teachers.

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