In Punjab, the government has said, it will regularise over 5100 teachers with full pay scale next month. Talking to mediapersons in Amritsar, State Education Minister O P Soni said, by regularising over 5,100 teachers, the state government is making efforts to uplift educational standards in the state.
He said, to achieve this goal, the regularisation of teachers is in process so that they can
teach students sincerely. He said 'Sikhya Providers' and "volunteer teachers" will get a pay hike of 1,500 rupees from next month.
The minister informed that those teachers who were suspended during their protests had been reinstated and the teachers who were temporarily sent to distant places had been ordered to join at their parent stations.