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After facing problems in reaching out to various government teachers’ unions, the Punjab Education Department has decided to set up a state-level advisory committee to bridge communication gap between the two.
The state has no education policy to date. Moreover, we need to change the syllabus as per students’ psychology. We raised various issues during the meeting with the Education Minister. After our feedback, Singla suggested to form an advisory committee for the quick redressal of complaints.
Devinder Singh Punia, president, democratic teachers front
The committee will have education experts, teachers and officials of the Education Department. Senior officials of the department are preparing constitution of the committee and it is likely to be placed before Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Monday.
The idea of the committee took shape during a meeting of the minister on December 12 with the members of the Democratic Teachers Front in Chandigarh. During the meeting, apart from raising their demands like regularisation of temporary employees, recruitment of teachers and change of recruitment norms, members of the front alleged that teachers were not being heard properly by the Education Department authorities.
“The state has no education policy till date and, secondly, we need to change the syllabus as per students’ psychology. We raised various issues during the meeting. After our feedback, Singla suggested to form an advisory committee for quick redress of complaints,” said Devinder Singh Punia, state president of the front.
On Sunday, BEd and ETT pass protested in front of the house of Cabinet Minister Razia Sultana at Malerkotla and submitted a memorandum of their demands.
“The advisory committee will serve as a platform to bring overall improvement in the education system of the state. The committee will not only get feedback about problems but also suggest solutions,” Singla said.
