3 lakh primary teachers boycott mid-day meal duty in Bihar, govt to inform SC

July 25, 2013 15:36

Three lakh primary school teachers across Bihar today boycotted mid-day meal duties on the ground that it interfered with their teaching work, a decision slammed as "irresponsible" by the state government which said it would inform the Supreme Court.

Bihar Primary School Teachers Association President Brajnandan Sharma said the mid-day meal duties interfered with teaching duties and also brought a bad name to them because of corruption indulged in by others.

Repeated requests made to the government to remove primary teachers from midday meal duty and to appoint an agency for the task, were ignored, he said.

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