Teachers to intensify strike in Odisha

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Sep 12, 2018 at 5:48 PM

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School College Teachers’ and Employees’ United Forum decided to intensify strike to meet their demands after inter-ministerial meeting remained inconclusive here today.

With ongoing strike by the teachers, around 4,000 schools are running in absence of teachers affecting the education system in the State.

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Meanwhile, School and Mass Education Minister Badri Patra asked teachers to withdraw strike and sought three months time to consider their demands.

“We asked the teachers to withdraw stir and give 3-month time to constitute a steering committee to review,” told Patra to media after meeting here.

Notably, the teachers have been agitating at lower PMG in Bhubaneswar since September 5 on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

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