Odisha hikes monthly remuneration of Sikhya Sahayaks & Junior Teachers

By

The Odisha government has announced increase in the monthly remuneration of Sikhya Sahayaks (SSs) and junior teachers which will be effective from the current month. This was announced by School and Mass Education minister Rabi Narayan Nanda in the Assembly.

 

While the remuneration of SSs is hiked by Rs 1200 per month, the junior teachers in government primary and upper primary schools will get additional Rs 2500 per month.

Henceforth, the SSs will draw an amount of Rs 5,200 instead of Rs 4000 while the junior teachers, who were paid Rs 4,500 per month, will now get Rs 7000 from the current month.

Odisha hikes remuneration of SSs, junior teacher

As many as 33,044 Sikhya Sahayaks and 36,000 junior teachers will be benefited with the revised salary structure, Nanda said.

"The state government has to bear an additional burden of Rs 176.76 crore per annum due to hike in the pay packet of SSs and junior teachers," Nanda said.

The All Odisha Sikhya Sahayak Association welcomed the decision. Opposition Congress, on the other hand, termed it as a pre-election gimmick of the ruling party.

Leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh said the government has taken such decision keeping the 2014 general elections in mind.

PTI

You can read more Education related news here

For Quick Alerts
ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS  
For Daily Alerts

--Or--
Select a Field of Study
Select a Course
Select UPSC Exam
Select IBPS Exam
Select Entrance Exam
Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X