The Shiksha Vibhagiya Karamchari Samanvay Sangh on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Collector’s office following their demands to end the positions of Ministerial & Assistant Employees under the staffing pattern of the Education Department.

The agitated protestors staged protest under the leadership of Kamal Prakash Babel and presented a memorandum to the administrative officer in relation to their demands.

Babel informed that under the Staffing pattern in every higher secondary & secondary schools, for every 1 to 100 students there should be one LDC & 1 Assistant employee; on every 101 to 500 students, there should be 1 UDC, 1 LDC and 2 assistant employees at the school.

Similarly, in all those schools with strength from 500 to 1000 they should have 1 UDC, 1 LDC and 4 assistant employees. Besides, conforming to the staffing pattern, the post of 1 lab cleaner and 1 lab assistant has been kept in each higher secondary school.

Based on these parameters, the orders had been issued on 19^th June but on 27^th June, the new orders were passed by the head quarters according to which 1 position from each of Ministerial and Assistant employees had been removed.

Moreover, in schools with 4 science labs, the position of 4 lab assistants as well as lab servants were reduces to 1 each due to which the work of these labs got disturbed as one could not handle the work of 4 at a time, added Babel.

Towards the end Babel said that the head quarter should reconsider the staffing pattern and should keep the positions of the faculty as required by the schools.