DARJEELING 24 Aug 2016 More than 200 voluntary teachers of primary schools in the hills today burned the effigy of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabhasad Roshan Giri in Darjeeling town and submitted a mass resignation from the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the party they were linked to. Five hundred and nineteen teachers are presently serving voluntarily in […]
Roshan Giri’s peal to state education minister Partha Chatterjee
DARJEELING 5 July 2016 Gorkhaland Territorial Administration sabhasad Roshan Giri today said the state government has given a positive response to the demand for regularising teachers serving on voluntary basis in various high schools and higher secondary schools in the hills. Today, Giri and the three MLAs from the hills called on state education minister […]
JISTO continues fight for volunteer teachers
Writes Swareena Gurung DARJEELING 8 Jun 2016 The Janmukti Insecure Secondary Teachers’ Organisation (JISTO) today held a press conference to draw attention on the deprivation of rights volunteer teachers in government schools are facing. Formed in 2009, the JISTO comprises volunteer teachers from secondary and higher secondary schools. There are 129 secondary and higher secondary […]
500 voluntary teachers in Darjeeling hills to be regularised
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri today met state education minister Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata and was reportedly assured of regularising the 515 volunteer teachers of the hills who launched an agitation in October 2015. The volunteer teachers, under the aegis of the Janmukti Insecure Secondary Teachers’ Organisation (JISTO), held demonstrations including dharnas at […]
Janmukti Insecure Secondary Teachers’ Organisation decline Harka Bahadur’s help
Writes: Rajeev Ravidas Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri yesterday said he would facilitate a meeting between state education minister Partha Chatterjee and the Janmukti Insecure Secondary Teachers’ Organization (JISTO), but hours later, the teachers’ body said the opposite. The organisation has been holding demonstrations for around 20 days demanding job regularisation for 515 voluntary and […]
GJM backed Transport union Strike Threat in Hills to support JISTO
Writes: Vivek Chhetri The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-backed transport union in the middle of the tourist season today threatened a vehicle strike in the hills after Diwali in support of voluntary teachers demanding job regularisation. The All Transport Joint Action Committee that has 56 taxi syndicates as members has said it would wait till November 9 […]
