Kolkata: The Bangiya Shikshak o Shikshakormi Samiti has submitted a memorandum to the Seventh Pay Commission, seeking a substantial revision of pay scales and allowances for teachers and other education employees in West Bengal. The association has demanded a minimum basic pay of Rs 48,600 for Group D and Rs 53,800 for Group C employees. For Group B employees, the minimum basic pay demand ranges from Rs 1.2 lakh for librarians and graduate teachers to Rs 1.3 lakh for postgraduate teachers.The association has demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for assistant headmasters and Rs 2.2 lakh for headmasters. It has also sought a minimum basic pay of Rs 87,000 for primary para-teachers and Rs 1.2 lakh for upper-primary para-teachers.“We have demanded that the state government fulfil its promise, as outlined in its Sankalp Patra, and introduce a pay structure for teachers and non-teaching staff on a par with the Central government’s pay scales,” said general secretary of the association Swapan Mondal.
