Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Wednesday announced certain measures in a bid to pacify different group of teachers who are on hunger strike and appealed to them to return to work.
On the demand of secondary grade teachers for “equal pay for equal work,” he said the three-member committee constituted to look into this issue will finalise its recommendations in three months and submit its report to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for making a decision.
Regarding the demand of part-time teachers to regularise their employment and pay, the Minister said there were 10,359 teachers working as part-time employees for 10 years or more. He said the consolidated pay of ₹10,000 they were receiving now will be increased to ₹12,500 henceforth. The government will also bring them under medical insurance with a coverage for ₹10 lakh [per year].
