Teachers in a fix sans clear rules in containment zones

Shivani Bhakoo

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 20

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, the district administration has declared both Dugri 1 and 2 as containment zones and the movement in the area has been restricted. However, teachers, research scholars of the PAU and others are finding it difficult in absence of clear guidelines by the authorities, namely the Education Department and the district administration.

One of the teachers at KVM School, on the condition of anonymity, said neither the administration nor the Education Department has sent any clear cut instructions about classes. “We do not know whether teachers from containment zones are allowed to visit their schools or not? The administration has also not told anything if we can go to our jobs. Now, we are confused whether we can go out or not, will we be considered on leave or not?,” asked the teacher.

Meanwhile, at one of the nakas a government school teacher tried to convince the cops on duty to let her go to school but she was not allowed. “My wife was not allowed to go. The Education Department should have told or given us clear instructions or administration should have made our passes or we should have given Covid-19 positive/negative reports to show, in case we had to report on duties. We are not sitting at home as per our own wish and department should not consider us as absent,” said the husband of the teacher, who is a principal at a government school near Ludhiana.

Not just the teachers but other working classes are also suffering because the instructions are not clear on lockdown. “I am a research scholar at the PAU, I need to go to the university but they are not allowing, now what should I do?,” asked the person.