SME Ministry appeals teachers agitating to call off strike

School and Mass Education (SME) Minister Samir Ranjan Dash appealed the agitating contractual high school teachers to withdraw their agitation and work for the smooth functioning plan.

We took stock of the steps being taken to implement decisions said Dash. He also added that the demand of the contractual teachers is being discussed at the level of the chief secretary, three rounds of meetings have already been held on the issue. “A decision on the issue will be taken soon.

Meanwhile, Dash request the agitating teachers to wait patiently till the government’s decision comes,”.

Thousands of teachers working in high schools on contractual basis have been staging sit-in protest at Lower PMG Square in the state capital seeking regularisaion of their job. The agitating teachers alleged that government is moving back of its promises

They claimed that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced through a notification on October 15, 2022, that contractual services will be abolished in the state, but it was violated by the School and Mass Education department.