Ludhiana, July 20 -- After a prolonged legal battle and sustained organisational struggle that cleared the way for pending teacher promotions in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, promoted lecturers and the state leadership of the Democratic Teachers' Front (DTF) Punjab held a joint convention at Punjabi Bhawan on Sunday.

The gathering focused on issues affecting the education sector, teacher unity and government policies.

Addressing a large gathering, DTF state president Digvijay Pal Sharma, state secretary Resham Singh Khemuana, joint secretary Daljit Samrala and state press secretary Lakhvir Singh Harike alleged that successive governments have ignored key sectors such as education and healthcare while increasingly assigning teachers...