DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 2 (MExN): Nagaland RMSA Teachers Association-2016 on Sunday announced that it will begin its 2nd phase agitation from September 4, 2018 onwards.
The RMSA teachers in a press statement expressed resentment that despite the ongoing class boycott against the ‘Office Memorandum’ directing the teachers to either accept the reduced payment within a month or face termination, the government has till date shown no interest in addressing the issue.
In the 2nd phase of agitation, the RMSA teachers will stage peaceful sit-in protest at the Directorate of School Education (DoSE), Kohima.
Terming the OM as severely discriminatory in nature, the RMSA teachers pointed out that the issue of reduction in salary arose when the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India began implementing the new scheme called the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan which is a merger of erstwhile Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan(SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikhsa Abhiyan(RMSA) in the State.
It stated that the merger scheme document does not in any way distinguishes the SSA and RMSA teachers and salary structures under this program are based strictly on the different sections of the school taught viz, for primary teachers– upto Rs15,000, Upper Primary Teachers – upto Rs 20,000, Secondary Teachers – upto Rs 25,000.
Based on the aforementioned amount of Rs 25,000 which the RMSA teachers are part of, the department served the OM which it stated is “not only discriminatory but also irrational and invalid as it is adduced using only those cherry picked contexts of the scheme which are of their advantage to make it resemble as though it is the whole truth thereby befooling its sincere employees.”
Further, the RMSA teachers censured the attempted use of psychological intimidation of termination invoking the basis of engagement order as highly atrocious and misleading.
It also stated that the government can in no way take the excuse of fund constraints of the state when it can meet the resources for a batch or a particular group when the guidelines applies to all under the merger scheme.
