Pvt school teachers not given salary

2009-10-27 | 08:44:49

Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, October 26: Teachers of private schools have suffered a lot as they were not paid due to prolong closure of the schools owing to the indefinite class boycott stir of the three students’ bodies.

They had not get the pay for September payable in October as parents and guardians of the students had not clear monthly fees as schools remained closed without class. They are feeling apprehension of not getting for the month of October which would be disburse in November.

The meager income they got as salary every month, hundreds of private school teachers are maintaining their families. At the same time, they have been told of not enabling to afford the funds needed for payment of salaries by the school authorities.

School authorities told them that unless parents and guardians of the students clear the monthly fees which private school authorities utilized in the payment of salaries, some private school teachers said. On the other hand parents are facing problems in taking care of their children who remained 24 hour with them. They now could not able to advice their children for reading books.

When they were asked to read book, the only reply they got was how they can remain reading without assignments, the children inquired, parents said. On received of complaints from teachers on the non getting of their salaries, the central committee meeting of the All Manipur Recognized Private Schools Welfare Association discussed the matter today.

The meeting after threadbare discussion on the matter arising out of the deadlock has decided to convene a meeting of the private schools on October 10 at Manipur Dramatic Union (MDU). The meeting is scheduled to start from 10 am.

Principals and headmasters of the private schools will be asked to attain the meeting and discussed on the complaints of the private teachers. The meeting also resolved not to consider any complaints coming up from those schools which do not send their representatives in the meeting, source said.