By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, September 28, 2015 : There is some relief for government school students with teachers of Block Grant schools in Odisha returning o their schools on Monday, The teachers have been agitating for over 40 days.

The teachers on Sunday had announced calling off their stir after a meeting with State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

The classes were suspended in all the block grant schools of the state since August 18 last with the teachers sitting on dharna in the state capital here 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.