JAMMU, Aug 23: The Female Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) today held an important meeting to discuss pressing issues confronting the teaching community, particularly the TET issue and the long-pending demand for a comprehensive and transparent transfer policy for teachers appointed under the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) scheme.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Provincial President, Female Wing, Ms. Ganai Nazia Farooq, who stressed the need for greater unity and collective strength among teachers, particularly women teachers, to safeguard their legitimate rights, dignity and job security.
Addressing the meeting, Nazia appealed to all teachers, particularly women teachers, to remain united on a common platform and raise their genuine issues with one voice. She urged the Government and the Hon’ble Minister for Education to ensure fair transfer opportunities for ReT teachers and implement a proper and transparent transfer policy at the earliest. While welcoming the commencement of the Annual Transfer Drive (ATD) for General Line Teachers, she said that equal attention must be given to the long-pending grievances of ReT teachers.
On the TET issue, she said that JKTF remains firmly committed to protecting the interests and job security of teachers and would continue to pursue the matter through democratic and constitutional means. She expressed gratitude to the central leadership for consistently raising issues concerning the welfare and legitimate rights of the teaching community.
The meeting concluded with a renewed commitment by the Female Wing to remain connected with women teachers across Jammu and Kashmir and continue raising genuine issues concerning their professional welfare and job security.
Meanwhile, State President JKTF Mohd Ashraf Sheikh, State General Secretary and Chief Spokesperson EJAC Mir Bashir Ahmad, Provincial President Jammu Gulshan Sharma, and District President Reasi Rail Singh , District President Female Wing Shilpa Devi District President(Reasi), Kamlesh Kumari District President (Kathua) Sonika Sharma (Samba),Shoshi Devi,Kanta Devi also attended the meeting.
Mir Bashir Ahmad, while giving an account of the meetings and deliberations held by the JKTF leadership with the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Education Minister Sakeena Masood Itoo, Advisor to the Chief Minister Nasir Aslam Wani, Secretary, School Education Department, and both the Directors of School Education, said that the TET issue has been effectively raised at all levels and the leadership is in active talks with the concerned stakeholders for its appropriate resolution.
Provincial President Jammu Gulshan Sharma expressed hope that the Hon’ble Education Minister and the School Education Department will take an early decision and implement a fair and transparent transfer policy for teachers appointed under the ReT scheme, keeping in view the welfare of both teachers and students.