Elementary School teachers refuse to follow merger order as they stage a protest for October 25

Elementary School teachers refuse to follow merger order as they stage a protest for October 25

Elementary school teachers in Punjab formed ‘Sikhya Bachao Manchʼ on Sunday to stage a protest against the government of Punjab. The government of Punjab recently announced the merger of 800 elementary schools in Punjab with less than 20 students and later put the decision on hold for November 30.The teachers are against the move of the Punjab government to merge the schools and said that they will not lock their schools or shift students.Chief Secretary of Education in his order had said that the process has to complete by October 25 but due to stiff opposition, the move was put on hold till November 30.The decision to form the Manch against the government order was taken on Sunday in a meeting held in Jalandhar. In the meeting it was decided that the teachers will hold the protest on October 25, 2017 and submit a memorandum addressed to CM Amarinder Singh to deputy commissioners. “Even then if the orders to shutdown 800 primary schools are not withdrawn, we will be holding a state-level protest rally on November 19 at Dinanagar which is the constituency of Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary,” said J S Sidhu, President, Elementary Teachers Union, Punjab. “All the teachers have agreed that be it October 25 or November 30, they will not lock any school. No student will be shifted to other schools and no teacher will leave his/her duty in their old school. The schools will not be allowed to shut down. They will be continued. Teachers will not adhere to these ridiculous orders of the government,” he added. Apart from the elementary school teachers union, SSA/RMSA teachers union, BEd Teachers Front, Adhyapak Dal Punjab, Master Cadre Union, TET Pass Teachers Union also announced their support against the orders.According to the teachers, the decision will impact the students who cannot afford the fee of private schools. "Be it one student or more than twenty, education is education. This decision is not going to affect any teacher, he or she will get a new posting, but what about those poor students who come to these schools. They are mostly poor children whose parents work as labourers. Already, it is with great difficulty that we go door to door and convince them to send their children to school. Now, when school will change, most of them will drop out. Their parents will never send them to school which is at a greater distance. Eventually, the dropout rate will increase," said a teacher.

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