Temporary teachers’ strike continues after talks with Punjab government fail

Hundreds of temporary teachers on Thursday resumed their protest demanding regularization of jobs after talks with the Punjab government broke down. The teachers, some of whom had climbed atop the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) building on Wednesday with petrol bottles, at least one of the protestors consumed sulfa pills to try to kill themselves, demanding their demands. He vowed to continue his protest till it was completed. met. Ajmer Singh Aulakh, president of the protesting unions, said that he had held a meeting with Punjab Education Minister OP Soni and State Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Captain Sandeep Sandhu, but no decision was taken in the meeting. Success. The meeting started at around 12.30 pm on Thursday and along with state Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Bajwa, Education Department secretary Krishna Kumar was also present. The meeting ended at around 3 pm, with the teachers later saying that they would consider nothing less than regularization of their services. “The government did not listen to our demands seriously. Teachers want their jobs to be regular. They are, at present, working on meager wages,” Aulakh said. The teachers union leader said that till their demands were not met, they would continue the dharna in front of the education department building. Meanwhile, a woman teacher, Rajwinder Singh, who had swallowed sulfas tablets on Wednesday to try to commit suicide over the issue, was discharged from the hospital and joined the protest again on Thursday. . Aulakh said. The teachers union leader said that till their demands are not met, they will continue the protest in front of the education department building. Meanwhile, a woman teacher, Rajwinder Singh, who had swallowed sulfas tablets on Wednesday to try to commit suicide over the issue, was discharged from the hospital and joined the protest again on Thursday. . Aulakh said. The teachers union leader said that till their demands were not met, they would continue the dharna in front of the education department building. Meanwhile, a woman teacher, Rajwinder Singh, who had swallowed sulfas tablets on Wednesday to try to commit suicide over the issue, was discharged from the hospital and joined the protest again on Thursday. .