compensation, although it is important. Efforts have also to be made to improve the work environment, These are totally lacking.
The proposed new pay-scales have further widened the gap in the emoluments of college teachers and teachers in the school systems, Even teachers of junior colleges, who were part of the college teachers' movement till recently, do not stand td gain anything. To improve the standards of education, the working conditions' including salary structures, of teachers in other sectors of education also have to be improved. But there is no move to co-ordinate the actions of different teachers1 movements. Teachers at the secondary level in Maharashtra are planning an agitation for parity of pay with central schools and deserve support from all other teachers.
