Ferozepur April 20, 2018: Due to financial constraints on account of non-payment of salary for the last five months, Channa Singh, Education Provider reported to have committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping into the canal.
Today, sit-in dharna was given by the Sikhya Bachao Manch led by Jaswinder Singh Sidhu, Harjinderpal Singh Pannu, Pargatjit Singh Kishanpura, Amarjit Singh Kamboj, Jasvir Singh Moga. They said that the dharna is in protest against creating the terror-like situation by checking in primary schools in Ferozepur April 18, by constituting the teams of different districts and alleged the misbehaving with the female teachers by the DPI (Primary) and later on registration of police case especially when primary teachers have boycotted the Padho Punjab Padhao Punjab project, in writing to the Education Department through the DEO. Instead, the department has adopted the pressure tactics by sending the checking teams in the districts.
Charan Singh was working as Education Provider in the government school at Changali Qadim and was mentally upset due to poor policies of the education department for non-release of meagre wages of Rs.8000 per month, for the last five months.
Demanding justice for Channa Singh, the Manch, a memorandum was sent to the government through the district administration demanding compensation of Rs.20 lack and service to one of the family members besides cancellation of false police against the teachers of Bazidpur Primary School.
The Manch leaders said the district administration has announced ex-gratia of Rs.5 lac to the wife of the deceased and a service of class IV according to the qualification besides assurance to cancel the police against the teachers.
On the other hand, the Manch also announced the financial assistance of Rs.2.5 lac and an equal amount from the teachers of Ferozepur district.
In the meantime, the district administration has confirmed the announcement of financial assistance of Rs.5 lac to the deceased family.