Scrap Block Grant for teachers: OSSTA

Scrap Block Grant for teachers: OSSTA

Balangir: Describing the Block Grant system of payments to teachers as undemocratic and arbitrary, the Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA) has demanded its abolition. “We demand abolition the unjust and undemocratic system of Block Grant scheme for secondary teachers. The OSSTA will stage demonstrations before all Circle Inspector of School offices on August 4 in the State protesting the sorry state of education and demanding abolition of the Block Grant system,” said OSSTA president Indubhushan Mohanty to the media here on Tuesday.