AGARTALA, July 27 (TIWN): During IPFT's blockade on National Highway, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had dumped all the liabilities on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh as Sarkar preferred to save his vote banks, instead of taking action. But what will Manik Sarkar do if the SSA teachers sit on Hunger Strike from August-1. If on that time, CM appeals the Central Govt, there are high chances that the teachers will be regularized but will Sarkar do this as the quality of the teachers are always under question including SSA, RMSA teachers ? Earlier Assam, Nagaland, Manipur Govts had regularized their contractual SSA, RMSA teachers, but as after many protests and demands the teachers have not been regularized in Tripura, thus the protest scheduled has been modified as 'hunger strike' till death from Aug-1. Talking to the media, the teachers said, "When schools are suffering from teachers-crisis, why contractual teachers are not being regularized ? Instead of making the contractual teachers as regular, Tripura Govt has announced 12000 new non-teaching posts at regular basis, but why for RMSA and SSA teachers only, the Tripura Govt has no fund ?"

Protesting against the long deprivation, amid uncertain future of the teachers a rally was conducted from Rabindra Bhawan and all the teachers later gathered at office line, showing mass agitation.

In 2013, the SSA project had begun in Tripura, Presently there are 5,145 teachers working in SSA and more 660 staffs are there. 

The cause behind those demands placed by the teachers under SSA Welfare Organization, staffs said :

1. For the sake of 'Quality Education', regularization is necessary, 

2. As per RTE and various letters to the Central Govt the teachers must be considered as regular teachers,

3. First Tripura Govt has to appeal the Central govt for this and thus this job should be done by Tripura Govt first,

4. Tripura Govt in 2011-2012 already asked the central govt to regularize the teachers and central govt also agreed,

5. As per 2015's RTI data, 5,145 teachers P.A. bill and in 2017-18, fund for 5,808 teachers were  sanctioned from centre,

6. Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha in an interview said that SSA teachers are being paid at regular scale !

7. Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa Govts have regularized the teachers  in their states.

With all theses the SSA teachers for the betterment of their lives as well as  'quality education' across schools, have appealed the state govt to make them regular to avoid hunger strike on August 1st.