Chandigarh, October 21, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab government has issued an order addressing pay parity and other service-related issues of 180 ETT TET-pass teachers, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema announced on Wednesday.
Cheema, who heads the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to resolve employees’ grievances, personally handed over a copy of the official order to representatives of the ETT TET Pass Adhiyapak Union.
The order, issued by the Directorate of School Education (Elementary), provides for salary fixation in accordance with Finance Department instructions and relevant judicial precedents. It also records the appointment of an inquiry officer, a former Additional District and Sessions Judge, to examine issues concerning financial benefits and appointment parity dating back to 2016. Further action will be considered based on the inquiry.
Following the development, Cheema held meetings with several education-sector unions and employee fronts to review their demands and discuss ways to resolve pending matters.
The ETT TET Pass Berozgar Adhiyapak Union sought advertisements for vacant Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) cadre posts, while the Berozgar B.Ed. TET Pass Adhiyapak Union raised recruitment and cadre-related concerns. The Berozgar Special Educator Front called for the completion of pending recruitment drives.
The Special Cadre Adhiyapak Front demanded implementation of regular pay scales, service rules, leave benefits and promotion avenues for contractual and special-cadre teachers. The ETT 2364 Berozgar Adhiyapak Union sought the release of remaining waiting lists and station allocation or transfer opportunities for selected candidates.
Other delegations raised demands concerning the regularisation of vocational teachers currently working through private companies, advertisements for school librarian vacancies, examinations for the remaining five subjects under Lecturer Recruitment 1067, and appointment letters for pending candidates under the ETT TET Pass 5994 backlog recruitment process. The latter group also sought the de-reservation and filling of remaining backlog posts.
Representatives of the B.Ed. TET Pass Berozgar Adhiyapak Union, Murh Bahal Kachhe Adhiyapak Union and Berozgar PSTET Pass Art and Craft Sangharsh Union also met the minister to present their grievances.
Cheema assured the delegations that the Cabinet Sub-Committee was coordinating with the departments concerned to examine genuine demands and pursue resolutions in a fair and time-bound manner.
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