Teachers seek hike in salary

LUDHIANA: Teachers of students with special needs protested their working conditions and salary. The rally was held at Shaheed Chattar Singh Park by members of Inclusive Foundation Volunteers Association, Punjab, on Saturday.
State president Gurvinder Singh Budde said, their condition was pathetic though they also help other departments like society welfare and health departments."We want to tell the education department's director that our salary is around Rs 2,000 to 2,500 which works out to Rs 66.46 per day. We spend Rs 26 daily on visiting the students' home. We get only Rs 40.86 daily while a daily wager earns approximately Rs 120," he said.
"Our jobs should be made permanent and till then, we be paid Rs 10,000 per month," he added.