Punjab temporary school teachers continue protest, meet education minister

Temporary teachers in Punjab continue their protest demanding regularisation of their jobs and a hike in their salaries. Check important details here.

On Thursday, the temporary teachers in Punjab continued their protest outside the education board building in Mohali with their demands for regularisation of jobs and a raise in their salaries, even as they held meetings with the education minister Vijay Inder Single. During the meeting held with the education minister, representatives of the protesting teachers demanded regularisation of their jobs and an increase in their salary to Rs. 40,000 per month. What are the teachers demanding? Under the banner of the Temporary Teachers' Union, more than 500 teachers had laid siege to the Punjab School Education Board building to press the Congress-led state government to accept their demands.