Member of Parliament Expresses Gratitude to Lt. Governor for the Decision

Port Blair, March 28: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor for enhancing the pay and grant of leave benefits to the Part Time employees of Directorate of Education.

In his letter addressed to the Lt. Governor, the Member of Parliament mentioned that appreciable increase in pay from Rs.10500/- to Rs.19770/- for Part Time Pre- Primary Teachers & Part Time Craft Instructors and from Rs.8500/- to Rs.15510/- for Part Time Ayah/Safai Karamchari and Part Time Pre- Attendants, grant of  90 days maternity leave to the female part time employees for first two children and two and half days leave per completed months to all part time employees has brought much needed solace and cheers to these 750 odd part time employees of Directorate of Education who for past several years were serving with utmost sincerity and dedication with partly payment and with no leave benefits.

The Member of Parliament had earlier taken up this issue on 29.07.2019 and 28.02.2023, considering the problems being faced by these employees due to low payment.

The Member of Parliament thanked the Hon’ble Lt. Governor for the employee friendly and need based approach of the administration.