Summary:
Why put pressure on teachers when it is known that there is no other way to pay in primary schools and teachers have to pay it?” said another government schoolteacher not wanting to be named. Teachers said this is a recurring problem and the department must find a way to ensure timely release of funds. As a result, teachers in many schools have to bear the expenses of the meals from their own pocket. While government senior secondary schools and high schools are still managing to pay funds from other funds such as PTA fund, government primary schools and middle schools are finding it hard to manage the money. Sukhdhir Singh Sekhon, President, Elementary Teachers’ Union (Sekhon), said the department must ensure that the funds for midday meals are released on time so that teachers don’t have to bear the expenses on their own..