SUTWA welcomes 30% hike in HRDD budget

GANGTOK, 07 Sept: The Sikkim United Teachers Welfare Association has welcomed the Chief Minister’s announcement on 05 September i.e Teacher’s Day of a 30% increase in budget allocation to the HRDD next year.
Expressing gratitude to the CM, the association has stated that training eligible educated youth for various national level competitive examinations also announced by the CM “is a tremendous leap forward taken by our CM for the upliftment of the educated youth of the State and to create our own manpower in various fields in the state itself”, as per a SUTWA release.
The release also mentions that the CM has stated that those transferred teachers who have genuine problems will be sent back to their original place of posting and the school uniforms, which were earlier being distributed by contractors, will be provided by the school itself from the next session onwards.
The association has also extended its whole-hearted cooperation in inculcating human and moral values amongst students in the state, as advocated by the CM.