Here’s a Holi bonanza for the school teachers in the city. Teachers of
aided and private unaided schools, who have not received arrears since
May 2005, would get their outstanding dues before March 22, along with
the rest of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation employees, says the
latest government resolution. Teachers will be paid from Rs8,000 to
Rs52,000.
For the first time, the BMC is paying long overdue arrears to the
primary school teachers, at the same time as its other employees.
In a circular dated March 16, the municipality has directed private
school managements to pay the arrears to these teachers before Holi.
“The BMC’s decision has come after a lot of struggle,” said Pramod
Shinde, member, Education Samiti. He added that if a private school does
not pay the teachers before the deadline, BMC is authorised to withdraw
the approval of such schools.
The news has come as a pleasant surprise to nearly 10,000 school
teachers who had not yet received their arrears under the sixth pay
commission salaries, since their arrears have been due since May 2005.
“It is good that we are finally getting our dues but I will remain
skeptical until I get the amount in hand. There have been several
circulars in the pas promising us pay hikes, but when it comes to
implementation, we only get half of what we are offered,” said a teacher
from a South Mumbai school.
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