Over 50 teachers in Ahmedabad refuse to join municipal corporation school board

More that 50 out of the 990 government teachers from 103 primary schools that were recently transferred to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation after a delay of nearly 15 years have decided not to join the corporation school board.

The teachers, including some principals, have cited red-tapism in availing pension, far-off postings and few years of service remaining as some of the reasons for choosing not to join the AMC school board and continuing under the district panchayat department.

Chandrakant Raval, a headteacher at Government Primary School at Thaltej area in Ahmedabad city, was among the teachers who declined to join the AMC school board after the school was transferred from the district panchayat.

“I have just five years of service remaining. Once I retire, I have to first run from one department to another to get a pension, which will also be calculated separately by the district and corporation offices based on my years of service under these two. Also, for every other issue related to pension, I will have to visit the two departments each time,” Raval said. He has been shifted to Lilapur from Thaltej, where he taught for eight years at a government primary school under district panchayat.

Over 50 teachers in Ahmedabad refuse to join municipal corporation school board

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