Tentulikhunti, 11th Aug 2025: Under the leadership of Nabarangpur district Tentulikhunti Block Primary Teachers’ Association president Pradeep Suna and secretary Aravind Nayak, a meeting was held on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by the state president of the Free Contract Teachers’ Association, Ramani Ranjan Tripathy, as the chief guest, and district president Kshetramohan Bishoyi as the guest of honour. The teachers present were informed about the association’s demands.
A procession started from the Tentulikhunti Shiva Temple. A memorandum addressed to the state government was submitted through BEO Sudipta Das. The demands included: stopping the implementation of UAS, filling all headmaster posts, paying all primary teachers salaries at central rates, stopping contractual appointments, abolishing the extra cadre and merging into a single cadre, and implementing the old pension scheme.
During the submission of the memorandum, Anand Nepak, Sanjukta Dei, Karunakar Rout, Damodar Jani, and Gopinath Jani were present, among others. The association warned that if the demands are not met, the State Teachers’ Association will stage a sit-in protest.
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