Ludhiana, June 26 -- A recent move by the Punjab school education department to seek consent from employees for regularisation under the meritorious schools society has triggered discontent among teachers working in the state's meritorious schools, with many reiterating their long-standing demand to be regularised directly under the education department instead of a society.

In a communication issued by the society for promotion of quality education for poor and meritorious students of Punjab on Thursday, principals of Meritorious Schools have been directed to collect details of contractual teaching and non-teaching staff through a Google form. The exercise is part of the process related to the proposed regularisation of employees, with ...