New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Government School Teachers Association (GSTA) on Saturday demanded Delhi government salaries for the dependents of COVID-deceased teachers who are too young to be eligible for compensatory jobs till they become old enough to be eligible.
India
January 18, 2021
Last Tuesday, Delhi deployed teachers from government schools to bird duty to stand as sentries at border points and check for any illegal transportation of poultry into the city state
, in the midst of a spreading outbreak of avian flu. From 8 pm to 6 am, the teachers were instructed to check the birds’ veterinary certificates and to prohibit chicken products from being shipped into Delhi.
The order raised the hackles of the Government School Teachers Association, which said that teachers couldn’t be expected to pull night shifts after spending their days in online classes. “Sir, the teaching community selflessly served when the government and the citizens needed them for Covid-19 prevention,” the teachers’ letter to the government remarked. Now the government was “taking advantage of the situation and just harassing teachers into unjustified duties.”
13 January 2021
Author: Shivkrit Rai, Delhi High Court
On 7 December 2020, it was reported that teachers from government schools in Delhi were put on COVID-19 ‘challan duty’, imposing fines on citizens for not wearing face masks in public premises to stop the spread of the virus. This is not only a poor substitute for effective government health communication messaging and policing, but also puts teachers’ primary duty of teaching on the back burner.
Yet, this is not the first instance where the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has neglected to uphold fundamental socioeconomic rights. On 7 June 2020 the GNCTD announced a policy to restrict hospital admissions to Delhi residents only discriminating against its non-residents.