The Government should initiate the

historical step to take over the staff

of Aided schools
After independence 508 private school of Punjab
which played a vital role in spreading education in
Punjab were brought under Delhi-grant-in scheme
pattern in 1967 by Sardar Lachhman Singh Gill ,
the then Chief Minister of Punjab. Under this
scheme the Govt. sanctioned 9468 posts (9215
permanent and 253 part-time) and started paying
95% of salary. The rest 5% was to be contributed
by the management of the concerned school. In
1983 the Govt. brought these employees under
security act to avoid their exploitation. From 5 th
February 1987 the government covered these
employees under pension scheme and in February
of 1992 the pension scheme was practically
implemented. The bad time of these employees
started when the Govt. refused to implement the
new pay scale in 1996. These employees started
agitation and after some time this agitation
converted into JAIL BHARO ANDOLAN. During this
andolan one of the teachers from Jalandhar had to
sacrify his life. In the course Govt. agreed to
implement new pay scales but arrears of these new

pay scales were agreed to be paid in five equal

installments over a period of five years. In 2003,
then Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh barred
existing pension scheme and slapped a ban on new
recruitments. The employees had no other option
left but to knock the doors of the High Court which
was kind enough to give its decision in favour of
the employees. When The employees were
celebrating the decision of the High Court and the
state Govt. approached the Supreme Court of India
against the decision. In Sept. 2011 Supreme Court
of India dismissed state Governments appeal. Now
Existing Badal Govt. has restored the pension
scheme but ban on new recruitment still persists.
Due to this anomaly, In Nov.2013 104 out of total
125 posts of Principal, 176 out of 224 posts of
Headmaster, 75 out of 177 posts of lecturer, 1318
out of 2747 posts of masters, 703 out of 1380
posts of C&V, 1748 out of 2883 posts of JBT are
lying vacant. On the whole 4124 posts out of 7536
posts of teacher are vacant. Thus 55 % posts are
lying vacant. Due to vacant posts the condition of
these school has become more pathetic.
In the
current scenario how can Govt. assure impart
quality education to poor students? As The Govt.
has banned charging any fee upto 8th standard
from all students and girls do not pay up to 12 th

standard (under Right to Education Act). So it has

become even more difficult for the managements
to contribute their 5% share.
Viewing all these difficulties the employees of
these schools demand their shifting to govt. school
like neighboring states Rajasthan and Himachal.
Implementing this shifting does not put any extra
burden on the exchequer of the state as there are
125 govt employees employed to look after the
day to- day working of these schools, and more
over Rs.250 crore that lies in the form of provident
fund of these employees can also be utilized by the
govt.
As the govt is bound to implement the decision of
Honorable Supreme Court of India to fill all the
vacant posts (be it govt scools or aided schools),
by shifting the remainig 4000 employees the Govt
can fill 4300 posts lying vacant in govt school with
no extra cost, also Govt can serve dual purpose as
there will not be any liability of Govt towards Aided
schools and the posts are also filled.
So The Government should initiate the historical
step toward shifting of remaining staff of aided
school.

From
TARSEM
SINGH (Science Master)
K.R.K.D.A.V. Sen.
Sec. School Garhdiwala
Distt.

Hoshiarpur

(Punjab)
Email..
starsem3@gmail.com
Mob.
9464730770