Computer teachers block bridge
PANJIM, JUNE 14 -- Two hundred and thirty one contract computer teachers courted arrest after blocking the new Patto bridge on Tuesday evening in protest against the government�s attitude towards their grievances.
They were released with a warning by the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) and deputy collector Deepak Desai.
The teachers under the banner of All Goa Computer Teachers Association (AGCTA) suddenly resorted to squatting on the road after a dissatisfied meeting with the Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane this evening.
Speaking to Herald, Emma Cardozo, joint secretary of the AGCTA informed that the computer teachers had an appointment with the chief minister at the secretariat this evening to tell him their grievances. Cardozo informed that the CM told the teachers that whatever decision the governor had taken earlier will be adhered to. As mentioned by Cardozo, the CM told the teachers that the government will see that same teachers would be hired under the new contract.
However, Cardozo stated that the AGCTA does not want teachers to be hired under the contract system. She said that the AGCTA wants regularisation of services as the teachers have faced many problems for the past nine years with the contract system. Following their brief interaction with the CM, the teachers blocked the new Patto bridge at around 5 in the evening as they were not happy with the response received from the CM.
This caused much inconvenience to motorists and other commuters as traffic jams were witnessed on both the bridges.
Police rushed in to control the agitation from going out of hand. As the police tried to cordon off the areas where the teachers had squatted on the bridge, two lady teachers were injured while PSI Pravin Pawar and one constable Vasudev Kesarkar also sustained injuries in the scuffle.
The president of the Association Nilesh said both the Congress and BJP leaders had assured to regularise their services before the by-elections.
It was not known why the teachers rushed to meet the chief minister when they had got a favourable response from the Education Minister Luizinho Faleiro. They were assured yesterday that in 3-4 days, a solution would be found.
It is also suspected that the Association leaders were asked to resort to agitational approach by some political elements.
Altogether 231 teachers courted arrest under section 151 of CrPC. Shouting slogans against the Congress government, the teachers were taken in seven vehicles to the police headquarters ground where the SDM Deepak Desai ordered their release.
Altogether the Association has a membership of around 600 teachers. Around 200 teachers are working on contract basis for 6-7 years. The others were engaged by the private party hired by the Parrikar government three years ago for a period of two-and-a-half years. They were paid Rs 2500 per month by the BJP government, though it had verbally assured them to absorb them in service.
Their contract expired in December 2004 and were given an extension of three months till March 2005.
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