#ArvindKejriwal meets protesting #Delhi guest teachers

Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the decision of the Delhi administration to discontinue the services of guest teachers working in government schools of the city was completely arbitrary and wrong.
The Aam Aadmi Party national convenor met the protesting guest teachers at Jantar Mantar and expressed solidarity with their demands. Kejriwal addressed the teachers present there and also answered their questions.
Kejriwal asked those sitting on an indefinite hunger strike to call it off, since their health was deteriorating in torrid heat and humidity.
He told the protesting teachers that the current administration should not have tampered with the February 6order issued by the Aaam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, which clearly stated that services of those employed as guest teachers will not be disturbed till these posts will be filled up on a permanent basis.
The Delhi administration has discontinued the services of guest teachers since the month of May, without filling up these posts on a permanent basis, for which these teachers were to be considered and given weight age.
Kejriwal reminded the protesting teachers about the AAP government’s decision to set-up a time bound committee to look into the issue of regularizing all those employed on a non-permanent basis by the Sheila Diskhit government over the years, which was the root cause of the problem.
He said following the exit of the AAP government on February 14, the Delhi administration using the excuse of imposition of President’s rule, has been systematically overturning the pro-people decisions of his government to deliberately trouble the people.
Kejriwal took the two lady guest teachers sitting on an indefinite fast to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital for a check-up.
There are no consolidated figures to ascertain the exact number of guest teachers who were employed during the Sheila Dikshit regime, but it is estimated that the number is around 10,000.