The executive committee of the Gujarat State Teacher's Association have met five times after withdrawing their strike. The executive committee is still in the process of deciding whether they should give the government another chance or take up the protest.
The teaching staff of Gujarat University (GU) and all the other universities in the state were protesting against the decision of the state government to grant a revision in their pay scale according to the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. The teachers were demanding that they be given the scale of UGC.
It was in October that the state government had come out with the GR of the revision in the salary according to the Sixth Pay Commission after which the teachers had gone on a strike. The protest of the teachers lasted for over 20 days after which the representatives of the state government met the executive committee of the association. In the meeting, teachers were assured that a revised GR would be issued on a condition that the strike is withdrawn.
"We have given the government a lot of chances. The executive committee now wants the government to take the final decision soon. We have not taken up a protest again because we were assured that it will be done soon. The government has said that they would be signing it in the coming week, but if that does not happen, we might have to look at starting the protest again," said KS Shastri, the president of the association.
source:indiatimes
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