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Nagpur: As teachers have boycotted the evaluation process, in Nagpur division over three lakh HSC (Std XII) answer sheets of English and Hindi subjects have piled up. Moderators from all six districts of Nagpur division had been called to the board office on Friday morning to collect the evaluation instruction sheet, referred to as docket. The teachers under the banner of Vidarbha Junior College Teachers Association (VJUCTA) here have lent their support to a statewide call for evaluation boycott to protest against delay by Maharashtra government to fulfill their various demands.
“Not even a single moderator today collected the dockets from board office, even though they reported here as per the directives, said General Secretary of VJUCTA Ashok Gavhankar.
The teachers said that there unity was stronger than ever and till the government issues a circular confirming fulfillment of their various demands they will not move an inch. There are around two dozen demands of junior college teachers, important ones being related to salary and pension. The government’s strategy each year has been to stall them right till the end and then offer some verbal assurances just to get them to evaluate the papers, said Gavhankar
The teachers said that this time they were not going to cow down
Board officials speaking on condition of anonymity said that they have forwarded the demands of VJUCTA to their headquarters. All decisions will have to be taken at the HQ level because this is a statewide issue. Regardless, they have requested VJUCTA to reconsider their decision, he said.
