Bharat Yatra of teachers’ fed reaches B’gavi

TNN / Sep 21, 2023, 09:06 IST

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Bharat Yatra of teachers’ fed reaches B’gavi

Belagavi: ‘Bharat Yatra’ rally, being taken out by All India Primary Teachers’ Federation (AIPTF), reached Belagavi district on Wednesday. The rally, which had entered Karnataka on September 17 through Humnabad in Bidar, will enter Goa on September 23 after passing through Belagavi, Dharwad, Hubballi, Gadag, Savanur, Haveri, Sirsi and Karwar.
AIPTF working president Basavaraj Gurikar told reporters here on Wednesday, that the yatra will cover entire India and reach Ramleela Maidan in New Delhi on October 5.
Four teams, which have started the rally from different locations of the country, will reach New Delhi on the same day. AIPTF has 30 lakh members spread across the country, Gurikar added.
Gurikar said a monthlong rally has been organised urging the central government to heed their four major demands — cancelling New Pension Scheme (NPS) and implementing the old pension scheme, giving up some anti-teacher and anti-student elements from National Education Policy-2020, appointing permanent teachers to all government schools (instead of guest teachers), and introducing a common salary system to all state and central government teachers. Gurikar said more than 10 lakh teachers from across the country will assemble at Ramleela Maidan on October 5 to put pressure on the government.
K Nagesh, president of Karnataka State Primary School Teachers’ Association (KSPSTA), AIPTF treasurer Harigonvindan and other office bearers were present.

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