Ludhiana, June 20 -- A delegation of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), on Friday met deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain and urged the administration to stop the alleged forced deployment of teachers for the ongoing drug and socio-economic survey being conducted by the Punjab government.

Led by district general secretary Rupinder Pal Gill, the delegation submitted a memorandum and held detailed discussions with DC regarding the increasing burden of non-academic duties on government school teachers. Representatives of the Democratic Employees Federation and other teacher organisations were also part of the delegation.

Teacher leaders said government school teachers have been engaged in various non-teaching assignments for the past two m...