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Punjab CM Mann doubles salaries of Adarsh school teachers
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has approved a salary hike for teachers in the state's Adarsh Schools, raising their monthly pay from around Rs 10,000 to over Rs 22,000, an increase of…
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has approved a salary hike for teachers in the state's Adarsh Schools, raising their monthly pay from around Rs 10,000 to over Rs 22,000, an increase of more than 120 percent.
The decision, announced on Tuesday, will benefit an estimated 1,100 teachers. Mann said successive governments had neglected the teaching community for nearly two decades, and the raise corrects a long-standing injustice.
More than 15,000 students currently study in these CBSE-affiliated schools. The chief minister said teachers will also receive improved service conditions on a par with Kendriya Vidyalaya schools. The state government has accepted all genuine demands of the Adarsh School teachers, he added.
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Adarsh Schools, affiliated with CBSE, operate across Punjab under the state school education department. Teachers had been paid at the minimum-wage level since the schools were founded in the 2000s, repeatedly petitioning successive governments without success. The raise aligns their pay more closely with other state-funded teaching posts, though it still lags the Sixth Pay Commission scales that regular government school teachers receive. The Union government sets Kendriya Vidyalaya service conditions by direct central funding, so replicating those facilities in a state-run system will require a new budget allocation. The state assembly's next full session is the platform where the financial provision will be scrutinised.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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