new delhi after guest teachers taking to the streets in protest contract teachers have become the latest group to show their displeasure with the government their bone of contention is a circular passed by the directorate of education saying they stand disengaged due to noncontinuation of the post by mhrd and that they have to be adjusted as guest teacherscontract teachers appointed under the sarva shiksha abhiyan ssa were alarmed when their contracts werent extended beyond their expiry date of march 31 to may 10 as per customother than the regular or permanent teachers delhi government schools are kept going by two categories of teachers guest teachers who fill vacant sanctioned posts and ssa contract teachers who are placed with schools but dont occupy sanctioned postsschools have twothree contract teachers who help make up the shortfall in sanctioned posts their numbers and appointment have nothing to do with ours said ajay vir yadav of government school teachers associationposts are fixed according to enrolment as per government sources in december 2015 the government sanctioned 9623 additional posts and consequently did not requisition for ssa contract teachers this year the new as well as vacant sanctioned posts can be filled only by guest teachersthere are significant differences in the service conditions of contract and guest teachers guest teachers dont need to have the central teacher eligibility test qualification but contract teachers doa science teacher who last taught classes vi to x in a jahangirpuri school said our job security will go because guest teachers may be removed from their posts any time if a regular teacher claims them contracts cant be nullified so easily guest teachers are paid by the day around rs 600800 whereas contract teachers have a fixed pay of rs 28800 per month guest teachers cant be class teachers but we often areanother contract teacher bhimsen said the most affected are the trained graduate teachers tgt who teach classes vi to x as 2933 such posts were created in december 2015