Delhi Government School Guest Teachers To Get Maternity Benefits

New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the proposal for providing maternity benefits to guest teachers in Delhi government schools. "It has been decided to extend the benefits under the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 and Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act, 2017 to all guest teachers working in Directorate of Education, Delhi Government," an official order read. The Delhi School Tribunal had recently pulled up a private school for "illegally and arbitrarily" terminating the services of a contractual teacher on grounds that she asked for maternity leave, and ordered that she be "reinstated".

The Delhi Guest Teachers Association has been demanding regularisation of over 17,000 guest teachers, pay parity when compared to permanent teachers and maternity benefits. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today urged Lt Governor (LG) Anil Baijal to give his assent to a Bill passed by the Delhi Assembly earlier this month to regularise guest teachers. Mr. Sisodia, in a letter Baijal, has also sought an appointment with him in which a group of guest teachers will brief the LG on the issue.

The deputy chief minister, who also holds the education portfolio, alleged that he had sought an appointment with Baijal last month, but the LG's office refused to grant the same.

The Delhi Assembly had passed the Regularisation of Services of Guest Teachers and Teachers Engaged Under the 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' Bill, 2017. The Bill advocates to regularise 15,000 guest teachers. Manish Sisodia Urges LG to Give Assent To Bill To Regularise Guest Teachers

In September, "Cabinet clears Bill to regularise all Guest Teachers working in Delhi govt schools. Bill shall be presented in Assembly on 4th October," tweeted Mr Sisodia. 15,000 'Guest' School Teachers In Delhi To Become Permanent

In another news, 5695 new classrooms in more than 100 government schools had been inaugurated by Delhi government in October and dubbed it as the ‘Delhi’s biggest ever education infrastructure expansion project’.

(With Inputs From PTI)

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