Teachers may launch agitation

The demands of the federation include a payscale of Rs 7,880-13,500 with initial start of Rs 8,000 and next promotional scale after four years; nine years and 13 years, class II status for school lecturers as given to non-engineering lecturers in state polytechnics and setting up of a school grants commission on the pattern of UGC to protect the interests of school lecturers.

It was also demanded that principals of senior secondary schools should preferably be appointed from among lecturers. Another demand pertains to setting up a separate directorate for senior secondary schools and extending of benefits of higher education to lecturers working in schools. They have also demanded the shifting of all plus one and two classes to schools, in line with the new education policy and giving a sum of Rs 500 to lecturers taking practicals.