Primary teachers in Jharkhand demand frontline workers status, incentives

As many as 58,000 primary teachers in Jharkhand have demanded the status of frontline warriors and extra incentives for working tirelessly on Covid duty in the state.

As many as 58,000 primary teachers in Jharkhand have demanded the status of frontline warriors and extra incentives for working tirelessly on Covid duty in the state. These teachers, who were deputed on Covid duty at vaccination centres, Covid control rooms, Covid circuit 104 services, Covid wards, oxygen store rooms, rural areas, risked their lives as many were exposed to the virus, claimed Akhil Jharkhand Prathmik Shikshak Sangh. Around 500-1000 teachers were deployed in every district of the state and many contracted the virus and succumbed to it, added the shikshak sangh.