Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 13 October 2025
The Education Department Part-time Employees Union held a meeting at the Zilla Parishad Hall in Rangat on Saturday, drawing participation from more than 200 part-time employees working across Middle Andaman.
The meeting was inaugurated by D. Ayyappan, Vice President of the CITU A & N State Committee, who highlighted concerns over large-scale outsourcing of government jobs. He noted that while over a lakh of youth in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands remain unemployed, thousands of posts in various departments under the Administration continue to stay vacant. Ayyappan also criticized the government for not providing equal pay for equal work, a principle established by the Supreme Court, and said that the demand to regularize nearly 9,500 daily-rated workers had been rejected.
Projit Kumar Sarkar, President of the CITU Rangat Zonal Committee, addressed the gathering and urged part-time teachers and employees to strengthen the union. He emphasized the need to pursue demands for regularization of services, salary hikes, and continuity of employment.
S. Bindu Kumari, Treasurer, outlined the issues and demands of part-time employees that the Union and CITU have been raising over the past three years. M. Mala, Joint Secretary of the Union, was also present, while Sukumar Roy presided over the meeting.
