Teachers of Block Grant schools in Odisha, who have been agitating for over 40 days returned to their schools on Monday.
The teachers on Sunday had announced calling off their stirke after a meeting with State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Teachers of over 2,2 schools across Odisha were on strike to press for their various demands.
The classes were suspended in all the block grant schools of the state since August 18 last as their teachers sat on dharna in the state capital demanding grant-in-aid mode of payment instead of salary in block grant procedure.
Though the upper primary and Middle English school teachers on September 24 announced suspension of their agitation and joined work, the teachers of 2,209 block grant high schools continued with their agitation.
The teachers also cancelled their proposed agitation scheduled to be organised today at Hinjili, the assembly segment of the chief minister.
