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Over 600 contractual teachers are demanding regularisation of their services and timely payment of salaries.
Normal classes have been hit due to the strike. (Representative/File)
Academic activities in government higher secondary schools across Manipur were disrupted for the third consecutive day as over 600 contractual teachers continued their pen-down strike, demanding regularisation of their services and timely payment of salaries.
The six-day strike, initiated on Monday by the Lecturers’ Association Manipur (2018 batch), aims to enforce a state cabinet decision that regularised their services in January 2022 and an order for regular salary disbursal from April 2023 — both of which remain unfulfilled, according to the lecturers.
“We have been performing our duties, including election work, but still haven’t received regular salaries. Many schools are affected, but we’ve been left with no option,” said protesting lecturer S. Anita.
She added, “We understand the students’ plight, but we are also facing serious financial hardships. We urge the government to complete the regularisation process and release our salaries.”
Meanwhile, as normal classes have also been affected as students of different government schools, including Johnstone Higher Secondary School and CC Higher Secondary School, also staged a protest in front of the school gates, urging authorities to address their teachers’ demands to restore academic normalcy.
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