Teachers stage dharna

PATHANAMTHITTA: National Teachers Union (NTU) workers staged a dharna before the office of the Deputy Director of Education in Thiruvalla on Saturday.

Inaugurating the dharna, NTU State secretary Parassala Jayakumar said the Right to Education Act should be redesigned for Kerala, considering that the State is highly literate. Mr. Jayakumar called upon the government to take immediate steps to approve the appointment of all teachers who had assumed duty. He said the government is bound to ensure job protection to all teachers.