TET-qualified teachers announce statewide protests in Assam

The Sadou Asom Prathamik TET Uttirna Shikshak Samaj has announced statewide protests on November 5 and 16 over the Assam government's alleged failure to address the long-pending demands of primary teachers under Samagra Shiksha. The organisation will stage sit-in demonstrations outside district education offices on November 5 and gherao the Samagra Shiksha Assam office in Guwahati on November 16. Its demands include pay correction, career progression benefits, gratuity, earned leave encashment, streamlined transfers and financial assistance of at least Rs 30 lakh to the families of teachers who die prematurely. The organisation warned that the agitation would continue until its demands were fulfilled.

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