Public schools in the district remained closed on Sunday after school teachers took to the streets demanding timely salary and effective management of schools.

1. Teachers’ stir leaves schools shut
Public schools in the district remained closed on Sunday after schoolteachers took to the streets
demanding timely salary and effective management of schools. The agitating teachers said the
District Education Office (DEO) could not release time salary owing to frequent transfers of
District Education Officer and probe of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
into the alleged role of DEO officials in granting permission to run fake schools.
Bharat Sah, chairman of the Teachers’ Union, said they resorted to the indefinite protests as the
administrative and management work of the DEO came to a halt. Teacher Ram Babu Yadav said
the DEO has not even released budget for scholarships, purchasing textbooks and school
uniforms, day meal for students.