Minister for School Education, Haj and Auqaf and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today announced that the government would release salary of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) teachers before Eid-ul-Fitr.
Speaking about the issues, the Minister said a special committee has been formed which will look into the modalities of sorting salary issue of SSA teachers.
However, the Minister said till the issue gets sorted, the department would disburse Rs 143 crore as the salary of SSA teachers from their own resources before Eid so that SSA teachers could take care of their financial issues.
The salary of SSA teachers is pending from past three months.
Last week, the SSA teachers had staged a protest in Srinagar against the inordinate delay by the government in de-linking SSA teachers’ salary from funds received from government of India.
Several teachers were injured after police use to thwart their protest march towards the civil secretariat.