UP CM urges para-teachers to adopt constructive approach; announces pay rise to ₹18,000/month

At the Siksha Mitra Samman Samaroh, the Chief Minister urged para-teachers to adopt a constructive, dialogue-based approach and cautioned against trade union-style methods. He stated that the government chose not to terminate para-teachers after a crisis risking livelihoods for about 1.5 lakh families and marked the increase of their monthly honorarium from ₹10,000 to ₹18,000 for all 1.43 lakh para-teachers in Basic Education Department-run primary schools. He highlighted improvements in infrastructure and student welfare, including around 1.6 crore children receiving uniforms, school bags, books, shoes, socks and sweaters, benefits that were less consistently available prior to 2017. He also praised the School Chalo Abhiyan, noting more than 20 lakh children enrolled in the first phase, and called for further growth in the next phase starting in July.

In 2017, the Uttar Pradesh government increased para-teacher honorarium from ₹3,500 to ₹10,000 per month as part of a plan to improve incentives for para-teachers, with an intent to periodically raise it further.