The state government’s decision to cancel the winter vacations this year has not gone down well with the government school teachers. Different organisations of the teachers are up in arms against the government’s decision and want that it should be taken back. On Saturday, a delegation of the Rajkeeya Shikshak Sangh (RSS) met the education minister Arvind Pandey at his residence in Gularbhoj in Udham Singh Nagar on the issue. The minster assured the delegation that he would look into the matter. He said that the government’s intention is not to hurt the interests of the teachers. The general secretary of the RSS, Sohan Singh Majila told The Pioneer that the minister was positive on the demands of the teachers. “ We told the minister that either the order of cancellation of winter vacations should be taken back or the system of providing summer and winter vacations to the teachers should be removed,’’ he said. The RSS general secretary further added that the vacations are for the students and not teachers.
In Uttarakhand the schools located in high altitudes remain closed for 35 days in winters while the winter vacation in other schools is of 13 days. Similarly the schools in high altitude areas remain closed only for 13 days in summers while in other schools the summer vacation is of 35 days. This year the schools were closed after the onset of pandemic of Covid-19 in the month of March. In November the schools were opened again for the students of class X to XII. In view of preventing loss of the studies already affected by the pandemic, the state government decided to do away with the winter vacations this year. The teachers however got irked with the decision.
Sunday, 27 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
