12710 teachers regularised in Punjab; upto 4x hike in salaries, additional benefits

Annoucement Date: 27 June 2023[1]
Regularisation letters handover Date: 28 July 2023

Kejriwal's pre-election Guarantee: on 28 Nov 2021 to regularise teachers in Punjab - FULFILLED[2]

12710 contractual teachers get regularised, special cadre created[3]

20 years old demand finally met by people's own i.e. AAP govt

Regularisation Policy[3:1]

  • A special cadre created
  • Contractual teachers with more than 10 years of service get this bonanza
    • Even teachers with gaps in 10 years service included
  • Salary jump upto 4x
  • Annual increment of 5% on their basic salaries every year
  • Paid leaves, maternity leaves etc additional benefits like other regular employees

Respectable titles like Associate/Assistant teacher given, from earlier Education providers/volunteers etc

Type[1:1] Old Salary New Basic Salary
Education Volunteers Rs 3,500 Rs 15,000
EIGS/EIE/STR Teachers Rs 6,000 Rs 18,000
Education Providers - 1 Rs 9,500 Rs 20,500
ETT & NTT Rs 10,250 Rs 22,000
BA, MA, BEd Rs 11,000 Rs 23,500
IEV volunteers Rs 5,500 Rs 15,000


References

  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/cm-mann-announces-bonanza-contractual-teachers-punjab-8689082/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2021/nov/28/arvind-kejriwal-promises-to-regularise-teachers-in-punjab-slams-congress-2388973.html ↩︎

  3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=167027&headline=Big-bonanza-for-12700-newly-regularised-teachers-as-CM-announces-upto-three-time-hike-in-their-salaries,other-benefits ↩︎ ↩︎