India, March 4 -- The Samagra Shiksha Sangharsh Samiti has warned of an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai from March 9 if the Maharashtra government fails to take a decision on regularising the remaining contractual employees of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan into government service.

The committee had submitted a representation to school education minister Dada Bhuse demanding immediate action on the long-pending issue on February 17.

Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan is a centrally sponsored school education programme launched by the Government of India in 2018, integrating three earlier schemes - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The scheme aims to provide inclusive and ...