AGARTALA, Feb 15 (TIWN): Demanding to regularize all the Madrassa Teachers recruited under the recommendation of the Madrassa Advisory Committee on 31-12-2009, Tripura Madrassa (SPQEM) Teachers’ Association Monday placed deputation to the Director of elementary education at the office premises.

The association further demanded to include 129 SPQEM Madrassa under Grand in aid scheme, to create a Madrassa board as soon as possible.

Highlighting the salary issue to the State Government, the association further demanded to provide an economy scale to the Honours Graduate SPQEM teachers as per the advertisement of Government of Tripura in the year 2010. Besides, they also urged to regularize the under graduate teachers of Madrassa.

However, they also demanded to avail all benefits to SPQEM teachers according to that of State Government employees.

Urging for the higher education, they also demanded to set up a degree level Madrassa College for higher studies of Fazil qualified students in 2015-16.

However, the Association further raised question over the prolonged deprivation, and said that the Central Government and State Government provides many jobs under several projects. The Government has recruited teachers for Sarba Sikhsha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhamik, REGA Master and many more but the Madrassa has been deprived all the way.

After several demands to regularise the Madrassa teachers and to increase the salary the authority is playing silent role, claims the association.

Further they also questioned that if the Government can facilitate the teachers recruited in the under various scheme than why are the Madrassa are deprived from their rights from getting salary and security.

Despite of placing several demands to the State Government and the Central Government by the Tripura Madrassa (SPQEM) Teachers’ Association, till day no initiatives have been taken in favour of association.