Kerala Minister V. Sivankutty says the government will consider review of service conditions of pre-primary employees

The Minister was responding to a calling attention motion moved by E. Chandrasekharan of the CPI who highlighted the plight of teachers and ayahs of pre-primary classes launched by PTAs

Kerala Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said that the government would consider a review of the service and wage conditions of pre-primary employees of government schools who were being remunerated by parents teachers associations (PTAs) in the State. He was responding to a calling attention motion moved by E. Chandrasekharan (CPI) who highlighted the plight of numerous teachers and ayahs of pre-primary classes that were launched by PTAs after December 7, 2012 at their own expense. While 2,115 pre-primary schools were directly run by the government in Kerala, no pre-primary classes launched by PTAs of government schools have been granted approval since the particular date following a government order. In addition to unreasonable remuneration and the absence of proper service conditions, such employees have also been unable to avail themselves of training conducted by the General Education Department for pre-primary employees. The teachers have also not been receiving the handbook published by the SCERT. The situation threatened to affect the quality of education imparted to pre-primary students, Mr. Chandrasekharan said.