This story is from August 3, 2021

8,000 Buxar teachers rue delay in salaries for three months

Resentment prevails among 8,000 primary and middle school teachers in Buxar district over the non-payment of salaries for three months. This is despite the fact that the education department had issued funds to the district almost a month ago.
8,000 Buxar teachers rue delay in salaries for three months
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BUXAR: Resentment prevails among 8,000 primary and middle school teachers in Buxar district over the non-payment of salaries for three months. This is despite the fact that the education department had issued funds to the district almost a month ago.
Sources attributed the non-payment of salaries to the ad hocism in the district education department ever since the transfer of the DEO in June.
The district programme officer (DPO) of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the DPO (establishment) have also been transferred.
Senior DPO, Prabodh Kumar, who has been given additional charge of Buxar DEO, told this reporter on Monday, “The process of salary disbursement can be initiated only after I get financial powers.”
The state secretary of the Bihar Primary Teachers’ Association (Gope faction), Nassem Ahmed, claimed that the body had made special efforts to get funds issued by the education department to the districts well before Bakrid. “It seems the non-payment of salaries will ruin other festivals as well,” he lamented.
When contacted, the education minister’s OSD, Naveen Kumar, said Vijay Kumar Choudhary had taken cognizance of the issue and instructed the officials concerned to resolve it. “In all likelihood a new DEO will be posted in Buxar in a day or two,” he added.
Meanwhile, the DPO of the SSA, Rajendra Prasad Choudhary, who was transferred from Buxar on June 30 along with the DEO, is yet to be relieved from his post. Asked about him, Naveen replied, “Choudhary will also be relieved within a day or two.”
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