PANJIM: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girsh Chodankar on Saturday has asked the Chief Minister to direct Education Department to release amount equal to salaries paid in June 2020 to each school, in turn schools will prepare bill and pay the salary for the month of July 2020.
“GPCC after deliberations with experts and members of our educational cell has now come up with a solution to resolve the issue. The arrears if any on account of release of annual increments payable in the month of July 2020 can be paid along with regular salaries for the month of August 2020 with necessary adjustments.’ Said GPCC Chief Girish Chodankar
He said, “A simple order from the Director of Education in supersession to the earlier order can suffice to resolve the issue in the best interest of all concerned. This will be the ideal solution to department as well as the management in these critical times of Covid pandemic.”
Department had issued a circular after the staff of Accounts Section in the Directorate of Education could not attend office as one of their colleague is found positive for Covid19. As per the circular the Government had taken a decision directing the school managements all across Goa to pay their staff salaries for month of July 2020 from the management funds.
“As most of the educational institutions in Goa are not financially strong to pay a month’s salaries, this has created panic among st the management as well as the teachers.” Chodankar said
After the criticism from all corners, Education Department issued another circular yesterday, which is actually without any viable solution.
