Step-motherly treated Private Aided Schools demands merger with Govt. Schools

Step-motherly treated Private Aided Schools demands merger with Govt. Schools

Ferozepur, August 7, 2016: After the ban by the Punjab government to recruit new teachers in the aided schools, children and school management are facing the shortage of teachers.

A special meeting of Punjab State aided School Teachers and Employees Union presided over by Vipan Sharma, Principal, was held today demanding merger with government schools.

Added here that when the grant-in-aid scheme was launched in 1967 in Punjab, as many as 10000 teachers,  were sanctioned for 484 aided schools. Till 2003, only 4000 teachers were recruited after which the government halted the recruitment and the schools are running without the required 6000 teachers,

Speaking to media persons, he said, the state government is giving step motherly treatment with the government aided schools and proposed that the entire teaching and non-teaching staff maybe merged in the government schools which already short of staff. He said, the staff working in the private aided schools are ready to work in the rural area schools also.