Members of the Punjab School Education Board Employees Union today took out a protest rally from the PSEB office to Phase-VII to demand advance amount for textbook printing and tuition fee of classes V to VIII for the last four-five years.
- The protesting employees also staged a demonstration near the board gate and criticized the government.
- Parvinder Singh Khangura, president, PSEB Employees Union, said every year the board office spends Rs 100 crore for getting the textbooks printed on time.
- The amount of last many years is pending to the government, this amount has not yet been released to the board office, due to which the board is facing a financial crisis.
- Around Rs 400 crore is due to the PSEB for the past some years.
Source: PSEB staff hold protest in Mohali : The Tribune India