OSSTA demands frontline warrior status for teachers

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | May 18, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, May 18: Odisha Secondary School Teachers' Association (OSSTA) has demanded frontline Covid warrior status for teachers. Association Secretary Prakash Chandra Mohanty said, teachers are more susceptible to Corona virus since they are working at Covid Care Homes and Isolation Centres from the beginning. Now they are discharging their duty at railway stations in thermal screening and giving away books and Midday meals at the doorsteps. In this condition, they are remaining more vulnerable for the infection. Similarly, the family members are in panic for the virus. However, the government lingers to declare teachers as frontline Covid warriors despite the demand remained in a long row. Even, no special vaccination provision is made available for the teachers, so far. ‘We appeal the department of education to declare teachers as frontline Covid warrior and provide ex-gratia against Covid death’, said Association office bearers Binod Bihari Panigrahi and Bhikari Charan Sahu.

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