PANCHKULA: Several computer teachers and lab assistants were injured in
Panchkula on Tuesday when police tried to stop them from entering Shiksha Sadan building in Sector 5. The
cops
used water cannons on as many as 200 protesters, who had plans to enter the education department building seeking fulfilment of their demands.
The protesters, who wanted to
gherao
Shiksha Sadan in Panchkula to press their demand of regularisation of their jobs, gathered at dharna ground in Sector 5 here. They tried to gherao Shiksha ,Sadan but failed after the police was pressed into action.
The move has come after the contract of many computer teachers and lab assistants ended on May 31.
They are demanding salary hike, job security and facilities equivalent to that of government employees. Besides this, the protesters have also sought salaries for winter and summer vacation along with salaries for women staff on maternity leave.
"The
Haryana government had assured us that it would raise our salary and provide us facilities in line with the regular staff but so far nothing has been done. We have scheduled a meeting with principal secretary to the Haryana chief minister, following which the next course of action would be decided," said Suresh Nain, vice-president of the Haryana State Teachers Association.
On June 8, two teachers were injured during a
protest. Earlier on May 28, over 30 teachers had sustained injuries while agitating. The protesters alleged that in December last year, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had agreed to accept their demands regarding salary hike and job security. "Nothing has been done yet," they said.
In 24 days, this is the sixth time that the police have been forced to use water cannons on protesters.