Bhubaneswar: The agitating block grant school and college teachers in Odisha on Saturday deferred their strike till November 30 following assurance by the state government to consider their demands.
The Odisha School College Teachers and Employees United Forum made this announcement after holding a discussion with chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi.
“The discussion of the forum with the Chief Secretary was successful as he assured us that our demands would be fulfilled,” said a member of the forum adding that the strike is temporarily put off till November end.
The teachers were on strike at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here since August 16 to press their demand of grant-in-aid as the government schools and colleges teachers, service condition and job regularisation and others.
Ms Kalinga