Thursday, 01 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Teachers of all the primary schools in Dehradun district continued their protest by wearing black ribbons on their arms on Wednesday to express their annoyance with the recent comment made by the chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) Dr Geeta Khanna. The protesters said that they were not alone in the agitation with their counterparts from Almora, Haridwar and Haldwani joining in to express their solidarity with them.
The president of Uttarakhand Primary Teachers’ Association (UPTA) Dharmendra Rawat said that they were on stir since Monday against the SCPCR chief having negatively commented on their demeanour and dress code during an orientation programme held on July 26. “No teacher with a modicum of dignity can take such things lying down. It deserves strong protest. So, the primary school teachers of Dehradun district have been protesting under the banner of UPTA since Monday,” he said.
Queried on how long such black ribbon wearing stir would continue, he said that it would continue until the SCPCR chief issues a public apology and assures that she would not make such derogatory remarks about teachers again. “If the SCPCR chief fails to comply, the UPTA, together with state primary school teachers, will not just continue the stir but will further intensify the agitation against her,” he said, adding that more than 32,000 primary teachers have been currently working in schools across the State.
