Haryana govt to clear Rs 71 cr pending salary of lab

Haryana Government today said that the pending salary of computer laboratory assistants amounting to about Rs 71 crore would be paid to them soon.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that the pending salary would be paid to them by June 20.
On May 30, agitating computer laboratory assistants had decided to end their protest after the state government had said it would clear the pending salary and also assured them of consider their other demands sympathetically.
Sharma had then said it was decided that the outstanding salary and other dues of all the 2,622 lab assistants would be cleared within a fortnight.

Earlier in a setback to 2,622 computer lab assistants deployed in government schools across the state, Director, Secondary Education, had ordered to discontinue their services recently after the government decided not to extend their contract period which expired in April this year.
The computer lab assistants had been demanding renewal of their contract and their salaries for the past 20 months.

Under the banner of Haryana Rajkiya Computer Lab Sahayak Sangh, hundreds of protesters had recently held a big protest in Karnal in this regard.
Meanwhile, the minister also said that with a view to improve quality of education, the government has done away with semester system and now it is considering to conduct Class VIII examination under School Education Board.

A decision to this effect would soon to taken, he said, according to an official release here.
Sharma said that suggestions of educationists were being invited on it and it would soon be implemented.
The Minister who also holds portfolio of Transport, also said that a new transport policy was being formulated.
"There are 4000 buses in the fleet of state roadways and these would be increased to 5100," he said.