In order to push their demands, the junior college teachers will stage a ‘Jail Bharo’ andolan at Azad Maidan on January 18.
According to Hindustan Times, the protest is organised by the Mumbai Junior College Teachers Union (MJCTU). The junior college teachers during the protest will raise issues like pending approvals of recruited teachers, delay in salaries and temporary appointments on some of the most crucial posts in the education department. The teachers will also demand the appointment of a permanent deputy director for Mumbai region.
SL Dixit, vice president, MJCTU told the leading daily, “We are going to demand the removal of the state education minister Vinod Tawde because he has failed to resolve our long pending issues. Many teachers are awaiting their salaries even after getting approvals from the state education department.”
The teachers union had in March 2018, boycotted paper evaluation asking the education department to address their demands. Though the strike was later withdrawn after the Maharashtra government had promised teachers to look into their demands.