Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Punjab Teachers Announce Boycott of Non-Academic Government Work
Punjab government school teachers are unhappy about being given extra work.
They were asked to help make and verify new ration cards.
The teachers say this is not part of teaching students.
Several teachers’ unions joined together to raise the issue.
They sent written requests to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and district officials.
The teachers gave the government one week to remove these duties.
They said they would completely stop doing the non-academic work if it continued.
Many teachers also protested outside the Patiala Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Punjab government school teachers were assigned to help create new ration cards in several districts.
Teachers’ unions submitted memorandums to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and district Deputy Commissioners.
The unions demanded that all non-academic duties be abolished within one week.
Teachers said ration card verification had caused widespread resentment.
Teachers from several unions protested outside the Patiala Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday.
- Who
- Punjab government school teachers and the Samooh Adhyaapak Jathebandiyan, an umbrella group of teachers’ unions.
- What
- Teachers announced that they would boycott non-academic assignments, including ration card verification, if the duties were not abolished.
- When
- Teachers protested on Tuesday and gave the government a one-week deadline; no calendar date was provided.
- Where
- The assignments covered several Punjab districts, while a protest took place outside the Patiala Deputy Commissioner’s office.
- Why
- Teachers said they resented being assigned non-academic work instead of focusing only on teaching.
Teachers’ unions
Punjab government orders
Non-academic assignments
Teachers’ unions
Teachers say duties such as ration card verification are outside their academic responsibilities and should be abolished.
Punjab government orders
The Punjab government deployed government school teachers to assist with new ration card work in several districts; the articles do not state the government’s reason for assigning it.
Response to the orders
Teachers’ unions
Teachers submitted memorandums, protested, and threatened a complete boycott if the duties continued after one week.
Punjab government orders
The government and district administrations issued the orders; no response to the teachers’ demand is reported in the articles.
- Disputed assignment
- Creating and verifying new ration cards
- Teachers’ demand
- Abolition of non-academic duties
- Deadline
- One week
- Planned action
- A complete boycott of the non-academic work
- Union body
- Samooh Adhyaapak Jathebandiyan
- Protest location
- Patiala Deputy Commissioner’s office
- Officials addressed
- Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and district Deputy Commissioners