Once again teachers take to the streets

But, from such strong action agenda of the government primary school teachers, we may only deduce that the series of talks in the past months held between their representatives and the government has failed to produce any tangible result. That again speaks of two things. Either the demands of the teachers were not in conformity with the education policy of the government or the relevant government authorities have been offering them false promises all the time in the name of fulfilling their demands. We feel a competent authority should look into the whole gamut of salary structure currently existing in the primary education sector to end the stalemate.

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Since we all respect our teachers, the sight of them taking to the streets as the last option to vent their demands makes us feel extremely uncomfortable. Whatever the case may turn out to be, teachers must not be seen agitating on the streets. If their demands are genuine and if injustice has been done to them by any quarter then we would advocate with full conviction that primary school teachers should be remunerated handsomely so that they may do their job to the satisfaction of all concerned. On the other hand, teachers should also take cognizance of the economic reality and resource availability of the country while putting forward their set of demands that are not politically tainted.

We would urge the authorities concerned to reach out to the agitating teachers with utmost compassion and some concrete proposals.