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MINUTES of AINVSA's Meeting with the HON. COMMISSIONER on 23 7 2013
Ref:
AINVSA/CEC/2013/0083
Date: 23/07/2013
Minutes
of the CEC meeting with the Hon’ble Commissioner NVS
A delegation of
Sixteen members of AINVSA met the Hon’ble Commissioner in his chamber on
23/07/2013., at 10.30 a.m. The following
points were discussed with the Hon’ble Commissioner:
1. C.C.S Pension :
The Commissioner
assured with confidence to the delegation present that he has already
taken much pains in the drafting of cabinet note in NVS employees favour and forwarded
to the concerned authorities and
ministry for due consideration.
2. 10% Special
allowance: His Highness commented that the proposal is in the
advanced stage and it has already been
forwarded to the concerned ministry for reconsideration.
3. M.A.C.P to the
teaching staff : The
Commissioner reflected that the
Sixth Pay Commission implied MACP to be
given to the non teaching staff only. Howsoever, AINVSA has thought of sending representations once
again as the teaching staff of Delhi
state Govt were receiving the same.
4. Transfer Policy: The Commissioner directed
the delegation to give in writing all their suggestions in this
connection which would be taken up with the executive committee of NVS
expeditiously. ( Enclosed herewith
separately is the
Suggestions regarding amendments to be made in Transfer Policy submitted to the
Hon’ble Commissioner.) Howsoever after much persuasion his Highness assured that he would try his level best to
reduce the normal tenure to 06 years. He added that the transfer points would
be displayed on the website for all the
transfers of the staff in future, when beseeched upon by the delegation.
5.Recognition of
AINVSA: The Honble Commissioner was
convinced that Shri T.P.Mani’s
Association is the real and authentic
Association. He directed the delegation to take up the task of recollecting the
Membership forms once again, at the earliest for verification and granting
Recognition to AINVSA.
6.Payment of Salary
for Strike Period: The Honble Commissioner
assured that the Strike period
would be regularized and not
treated as dies non. Howsoever, those days salary would not be disbursed meanwhile to those gone on strike as a
punitive measure.
7. Reduction of
Service to the Post of Principal: The Honble Commissioner conceded that 08 years of qualifying service
as PGTs for the post of Principal was
much appropriate, instead of 12 years
prescribed by NVS.
8.Appointment of
Warden and Matron on permanent basis: The matter has gone to the Ministry
for due consideration.
9. Seniority lists to
be updated: The Commissioner reflected that
Seniority list of PGTs would be updated
regularly.
10. Stepping up of
pay of seniors with that of their juniors:
The Commissioner said that the
Anomalies of TGTs were considered
within the same Region and PGTs on all India level. And only those case
forwarded by the Deputy Commissioners of the Regions are likely to be
considered.
The Commissioner
received the Charter of demands and gave a hope to the delegation that
he has had always a soft corner for
the welfare of NVS employees. The
delegation offered their gratitude to the Honble Commisioner in return and departed with a contented heart
.
Sd/-
(T.P. MANI )
National President, AINVSA
JNV, Kottarakkara, ETC PO,
Kollam
Dist.Kerala – 691531
M Ph: 0474-2455034 / 09447332341
1.
Shr
MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION
1.
Shri T.P.Mani, President AINVSA
2.
Shri Y.K.Sharma, Working President AINVSA
3.
Shri. M.
Vishwarkarma, Working President AINVSA
4.
Shri K. Kumar
Vice President AINVSA
5.
Dr. V.K Singh National Gen. Secretary AINVSA
6.
Shri PK Gupta
National Gen. Secretary AINVSA
7.
Shri Shaji Davis National Gen. Secretary AINVSA
8.
Shri S.S.Nair, Deputy Gen.Secretary AINVSA
9.
Shri Shakunt
Ahlawat, Organising Secretary AINVSA
10. Shri
VB Tiwari Organising Secretary AINVSA
11. Shri
Vijay Dave President Gujarat Unit AINVSA
12. Smt
Raj Bala President Staff Nurse Association.
13. Mrs.
Neelam Tomar Member CEC
14. Shri
T,L Saina Member CEC.
15. Shri
Gajendra Yadav
16. Shri Anup Singh
Representation from Punjab
(T.P. MANI )
National President, AINVSA
JNV, Kottarakkara, ETC PO,
Kollam
Dist.Kerala – 691531
Ph: 0474-2455034 / 09447332341
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
CHARTER OF DEMANDS PUT FORTH TO THE HON COMMISSIONER BY AINVSA ON 23 07 2013
Ref: AINVSA/CEC/2013/ Date: 23-07-2013
To
The Hon’ble Commissioner,
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti,
B-15, Institutional Area, Sector-62,
Noida, GauthamBudhNagar, U.P,
PIN: 201307
Respected sir,
Sub: Submission of demands for consideration and
initiating necessary action – Reg
The staff
working in the 585 Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country has been facing
several problems for almost three decades. Though many representations were
sent to your office no positive response not even a reply in response to the
letter was received .On many occasions distance and time have hampered us to
meet you personally to appeal, discuss and press for an early remedial action.
The Association requests you to take a serious note of the following demands for
positive consideration and an early cordial solution as turning a deaf ear to
such genuine issues will adversely affect the morale of the staff which, in
turn, will affect the functioning of the schools.
Despite our
regular demands over the last few years it is sad to note that the NVS has done
very little to mitigate the problems of the staff. Hence, the AINVSA would like to bring to your
kind attention the following demands once again for positive consideration and
immediate necessary action.
1.
Govt. of India CCS Pension to all employees
joined prior to 1.1.2004: we have brought to the notice of the Government of
India the injustice done to the staff by denying them of the benefits of the
CCS pension. The AINVSA has represented the matter to all important dignitaries
in the present UPA government and it is time once again to vociferously voice
our anguish against the injustice.
2.
10%
Special Allowance to Non-Teaching staff: The AINVSA condemn the cold and
discriminatory attitude of the government of India towards the non-teaching
staff in Navodaya Vidyalyas who play no less pivotal role in enhancing the
reputation of the NVS as a premier organization in the field of education with
their selfless and dedicated services. The work load borne by them is more than
their counterparts in KVS and, hence, they deserve the 10% special allowance as
much as the teaching staff.
3. MACPS to teaching staff: Consequent upon the recommendations and
implementation of VICPC, the
non-teaching staff have become
eligible for getting three financial up gradations under the MACPS at intervals
of 10, 20 and 30 years of continuous regular service. The AINVSA demands the
implementation of the same to the teaching staff also as the monetary benefits
of senior scales sanctioned on completion of 12 years of service is very
negligible.
4. A proper transfer policy: Transfer
policy before its implementation should have been discussed with the staff
representatives through the Associations. And once executed it should go on as
per the rules .In NVS the transfer policy made
was not discussed with the
Associations and was not properly implemented, due to which
many of the staff lost the chance for transfer
last year. We have doubt the present transfer policies sovereignty
.There are umpteen chances to misuse it. An acceptable policy should be
made .Before the implementation of the proposed policy the points each
individual is gathered should be displayed in the website to avoid misuse. Request,
spouse case transfer and mutual transfers should be allowed without any fix
tenure or minimum 3 years only. Ten years should not be mandatory for request transfers,
but only for admin ground or done in public interest.
5. Implementation of transfer policy should start
from higher level and zero chances of
influence and bribe shall be ensured. Kindly
arrange the counseling in the month of May (holidays) to facilitate maximum
participation of the interested. Avoid fresh posting before the completion
of transfers as not to hamper the working staff’s opportunity. No transfer should be done prior to implementation of the transfer policy.
6. Recognition
of AINVSA: The recognition of
the Association has been one of the long Pending problems of the staff for over
three decades. AINVSA has already submitted the 11,000 membership forms of the
teaching and non-teaching staff from 25 states. Ms VrindaSarup, Additional Secretary
(SE), MHRD - in the meeting with AINVSA representatives under her
chairpersonship – directed the NVS to evolve a joint mechanism to consider and
address the demands of staff with representatives of staff associations.
Recognition of AINVSA will pave way for amicable solution of staff grievances
by doing away with pseudo representation of staff side.
7. Two Associations with same name: As two
AINVSA are working under the same label, NVS should take initiative to stop the
duplicate one and recognize the registered and original Association and direct
the other association to work under some other name. The required action is
awaited at the earliest after a thorough verification.
8. Staff’s should be allowed to work in their home town: NVS is the only
institution which is not happy with its employees in their own home town’s .We doesn’t
know how NVS is being harmed if its employees are allowed to work in their home
towns.
9. MOD’s burden should be removed from the teachers: MOD’s are made just for the sake of reducing the burden of Principals and Vice Princpals.When
teachers are having their own prescribed work and duties, like remedial and supervised
studies MOD work is unnecessarily thrust on their heads for making them the
scapegoats by asking them to put signature on all the bills of that day. This
is something like victimization .This custom must be avoided.
10. Payment of Salary for Strike period: The teaching and non teaching staff working in the
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country went on a nationwide Indefinite
Strike from 06-02-13 to 15-02-13 demanding resolution of long pending demands.
The strike was called off, following the intervention of Shri Shashi Tharoor,
Minister of State for HRD, Govt. of India on the evening of 15-02-13 and his
assurance to us to resolve the problems in a time bound manner. The
salary for the strike period has been withheld. AINVSA appeals to the Hon’ble
Commissioner to condone the 10 day strike period of the staff and allow the
staff payment of the salary withheld for that period. Condoning of
strike period may not be an issue if NVS appreciates the fact that the staff has
been compelled to sacrifice ‘billions of rest hours’ since the inception of
NVS.
11. Appointment of Warden and Matron on permanent basis: The AINVSA demands appointment of warden and matron to
assist the House master/House mother and cooperate with the administration in
the successful running of the Residential system. The NVS should waste no time
in the appointment of regular wardens/matrons as promised by the Commissioner
in the beginning of 2009-10 academic years.
12. Defining working
hours for all categories of employees: It does not need any evidence to prove
that the staff of Navodaya Vidyalayas works for longer hours than the ones
defined by NVS itself. As a result of this, the staff is deprived of precious
personal time and innumerable compensatory leaves and put to untold stress. A
mechanism should be devised to extract qualitative work from the staff by
giving them due space for personal life.
13. Timely
promotion to all staff & Conducting the
departmental promotion test yearly: More than half the teaching staff has been deprived of their timely
promotional opportunities because of the laid-back approach of the NVS. As a
result, the staff has become less enthusiastic about promotions and accepting
challenges. The NVS has failed to tap the potential of the staff at the right
time which has surely blunted its weaponry. It is sad but not
surprising to note how ill-prepared NVS is to implement its own policy
decision. While it is expected that the departmental promotion tests are
conducted yearly for the aspiring TGTS, the NVS has conducted only two in the
last four years, thus dampening their hopes of a belated promotion. The AINVSA
demands for the revamping of the promotion system to expedite the promotion of
the deserving teaching and non-teaching staff to strengthen the system and
improve the working ambience.
14. Restoration of
Earned Leave to teaching staff / Vacation staff in addition to Half Pay leave:
The AINVSA demands the restoration of Earned Leaves on full pay as teachers are
the only employees denied of earned leave by the Central Government. The Earned
Leave facility was granted to the teachers working in Central Government during
Smt Indira Gandhi’s time as a special case in lieu of 20 days half pay leave.
In addition VI CPC
in its recommendation reduced the CL for the staff of those institutions which
have five working days.Our case quite different as we work seven days a week,
still our CLs were discriminately reduced to eight.
15. Weekly off to
all categories of staff: As the staff of Navodaya Vidyalayas work round the
clock on all days of the week in view of residential nature of their job, they
may be granted a regular
weekly off on any convenient day subject to exigencies, so as to enable them to
attend their domestic needs.
16. Stepping up of
pay of seniors with that of their juniors: The pay scales of Senior TGTs should
be stepped up with juniors in line with the KVS TGTs as they suffer monetary
loss in the absence of recruitment in 2006 in all the regions of the NVS except
Shillong.
17. Enhancement of HM/AHM
allowance: The
teachers are not happy with the enhancement of HM/AHM allowance to Rs.800/400
per month as the responsibilities thrust on them are very demanding. The hike
is far less than what was demanded by the AINVSA. Hence, the AINVSA demands that the HM/AHM
allowance should be raised to Rs.5000/4000.
18. Providing free education to the children of deceased staff: The AINVSA requests for
providing free education to the children of staff who meet with untimely death
while in service. Permission may be granted to such children to have free
education from a Vidyalaya of their choice if they are of admissible age. If
the child is already admitted, he/she may be allowed to pursue education till
the completion of +2 courses.
19. Increasing the number of House Mothers: At present there are
only two House Mothers for girls’ houses and each of them is expected to look
after over 100 girl wards. The AINVSA demands for the rationale distribution of
work by appointing two more Housemothers in schools where the lady teachers are
available for a better care of girl students.
20. Providing Health Insurance to the Staff: It is sad to note that
the NVS has not paid much attention to its staff’s health after retirement. The
NVS should give serious consideration to this issue and implement a proper
health insurance scheme to all its employees to enable them meet their genuine
medical expenses to the fullest after superannuation.
21. Sanctioning compensatory leave for work on the Gazetted holiday(s): Of late the NVS has
started a new trend of dishonoring the public/gazetted holidays. The training
programmes, games and sports meets, exhibitions, etc start on gazetted
holidays, thus depriving the staff of their right to avail genuine holidays.
Quite often the staff is also deprived of the gazetted holidays as they are
engaged in duties like escorting children for sports events, migration, etc.
While planning a training programme or a sports meet the NVS should ensure that
the staff is not deprived of its right to enjoy public holidays as they help
them to spare their time for family which is one of the ways of lessening their
stress. The NVS must sanction one compensatory leave for one public holiday he
has foregone because of engagement with his/her official work.
22. Implementation of CCE in its true spirit: The NVS’s Academic
Perspective Plan is a damn evidence of its misinterpretation of the NCF- 2005
and the CCE programme. While CBSE is going ahead year after year bringing about
drastic changes in the teaching-learning and evaluation system, the
implementation of the scheme in the Navodaya Vidyalayas shows that the NVS isn’t ready to free its teachers from the
three-decade long shackles of ‘pass percentages and subject averages’. The NVS should abandon its
outdated practices forthwith and focus its attention on what the NCF-2005
envisages. The continuation of the present practice is sure to rott the whole
system with the Principals and staff left with no alternative but dilute the
evaluation system to please their higher officers with high percentiles and
percentages.
23. Grant of
4200 Grade Pay to Cat Asst: Cat Asst were deprived considering the Career
avenues they would have enjoyed had they been outside the NVS. NVS should grant the grade pay of 4200 to Cat
Asst considering the fact that their counter parts in other Government
Organizations are given that benefit. Cat Assts in NVS have 24x7 working hours
whereas their counter parts in other organizations, both private and Govt
sectors have 8 hour shifts.
24. Enhancement of JNVST application scrutiny charges: The AINVSA demands for
the enhancement of JNVST scrutiny charges from Rs.1 to Rs.10 in view of the
heavy work load scrutiner’s discharge till the hall-tickets are dispatched and
nominal rolls are re-checked before the exam.
25. Creation of PGT posts in Modern Indian Languages: It is sad to note that
the demand of Modern Indian Language teachers handling +2 in the JNVS across
the country for creation of a PGT post in their respective languages has not
been heeded by the NVS so far. This is tantamount to exploitation of the Modern
Indian Language teachers and depriving the students of their right to choose
their mother-tongue as one of the languages for special study at +2 levels.
Unfortunately the wonderful results the regional language teachers have been
producing year after year have had no effect on the NVS. It is high time the NVS put an end to the
ill- treatment of these teachers by not sanctioning a PGT post in Modern Indian
Languages. Make appointments purely on promotional basis. This will be the only
way of compensating over two decade-long injustice.
26. Sanction of Bonus to teaching and non-teaching staff in Senior-Scale: NVS has
denied payment of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus) to PGTs in
Senior Scale. As per existing GOI norms, all non-gazetted employees in Group B
are eligible for payment of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus). Teaching
and non-teaching staff in Senior Scale are neither gazetted employees nor Group
A employees and denial of bonus to them is against the norms prescribed by the
Ministry of Finance. Bonus is not denied
to staff in Senior Scale, working in KVS. NVS should grant Non-Productivity
Linked Bonus (ad-hoc bonus) to teaching and non-teaching staff in Senior Scale
without any further delay.
27. Grant of 4600 Grade Pay to OS: The post of Office Superintendent was
sanctioned in the scale of pay of Rs.550-900 in Group “B” supervisory cadre in
NVS. At the same time in the same sanction order and Recruitment Rule the post
of Assistant/Editorial Assistant/ Statistical Assistant/ Legal Assistant were
sanctioned in the scale of pay of Rs.425-800 in Group “C” cadre. The KVS
considering the functional disturbances of superintendents and assistant/Audit
Assistant has merged the post of Superintendent and Section Officer and granted
the Grade Pay Rs.4600/-. AINVSA demands up gradation of the post of Office
Superintendent as ordered by the Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal,
Principal Bench, New Delhi.
28. Reduction of Service for the post of the
Principal: KVS requires 8 years of
service in the grade pay of 4800 whereas NVS prescribed 12 years of service as
qualifying service for the post of Principal.
NVS should consider amending the qualifying service period in line with
KVS.
29. Reporting to
the Vidyalaya after the Holidays:
24x7 nature of duty in NVS deprives the staff from attending to their personal
obligations and staffs always look forward to Holiday Period as an opportunity
to balance their professional and personal life. Demanding the staff to report
to the Vidyalaya two days prior to the reopening day is not justified. A day
earlier is enough for looking after the requirements for reception of the
students.
30. Conversion of Surplus Drivers to the Post
of LDCs: Due to ageing of vehicles
in JNVs, the number of surplus posts has been increasing in the Vidyalaya
Driver Cadre. NVS should convert such posts to LDCs so that Human Resources are
productively redeployed.
31. Sanctioning more Group D staff: As the vidyalayas have been steadily growing in
size it is now becoming increasingly difficult for the schools to pay attention
to maintenance, health and hygiene, and safety and security with the existing
two night watchmen and two chowkidar-cum sweepers. The NVS should take all steps
to sanction 2 more night watchmen and 2 more chowkidar-cum-sweepers in addition
to the present sanctioned posts.
32. Kindly stop
rotation transfer of Regional language teachers: It is really sad to know that NVS is still continuing
the rotation of regional language teachers. We still don’t know for whose
satisfaction this model of transfer is still continued. Samiti can post fresh
hands in distant schools and according to the vacancies available they may be
brought back to the home states. For the
regional language teachers the rotation transfer is a nightmare. They never get
the chance to settle down with their family.
33. Compensatory
job to be given to the survivors of deceased persons:
Compensatory
job to be given to the survivors of deceased persons on duty and the kith and
kin of those gone on permanent disabilities while on duty.
34. Extension of
benefit of Nursing Allownce :
The staffs
working in Govt Hospital/Autonomous bodies are getting nursing allowance @
Rs4000/- per month as recommended by 6th Pay Commission, but the
same was denied to the Staff Nurses of JNVs. Therefore Nursing Allowance as
recommended by the 4th, 5th, and 6th Central
Pay Commission may kindly be granted to the Staff Nurses working in JNVs w.e.f
joining date.
35. Provision of
atleast two posts of Nurses in every JNVs:
There
should be Male Nurse in addition to the female Nurses in each JNVs and vice
versa.
36. Right off
the Library Books:
Kindly
authorize the Principal in JNVs to right off the library books after a certain
period.
Thanking you sir,
Yours sincerely
Copy to:
1)
Hon’ble
Secretary, Dept.of School Education & Literacy, Govt.Of India,
ShastriBhavan, New Delhi-110001.
2)
Hon’ble
Addl. Secretary,Ms.VrindaSarup,Dept.of School Education & Literacy, Govt.Of
India, ShastriBhavan, New Delhi-110001.
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