The government's big decision on the issue of 4200 grade pay will benefit 65 thousand primary teachers

 The government's big decision on the issue of 4200 grade pay will benefit 65 thousand primary teachers

Gandhinagar: Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel and Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, while giving an introduction to the decision, said that the Chief Minister on Tuesday took into consideration the representations that the first higher pay standard of primary teachers in the state was closed due to a letter dated April 2013.  The Chief Minister, Minister of Education, Minister of State for Education Mati Vibhavaribahen Dave and secretaries and senior officials of the education department had a detailed discussion in the meeting.

 As per the instructions given by the Chief Minister in pursuance of this fruitful discussion-consultation, it has been decided to cancel the letter dated June 2018 of the Education Department.

Accordingly, from now on, about 35,000 primary teachers across the state will continue to get Rs 3,200 grade-pay as the first higher pay scale as per the previous system, the ministers said.

 It may be mentioned here that the Department of Education had postponed the letter dated 4th July 2017 to give 2400 grade pay instead of the first grade pay of Rs.

 In a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani on Tuesday, the Chief Minister sympathetically considered the long-term representations of primary teachers and instructed them to cancel the letter with effect.

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 The ministers further said that as a result of this, the grade-pay for primary teachers will remain the same as the first higher pay scale of Rs.

Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani has also instructed the Education Department in consultation with the Finance Department and General Administration Department to complete the necessary legal-administrative procedures for the speedy implementation of this decision, the Deputy Chief Minister, Education Minister added.