Para-teachers at primary schools and high schools are paid a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 and Rs 13,000 respectively, he said.
"These amounts are inadequate considering the present market condition and in comparison to the salary in other professions," Ghosh said.
The state government had last year increased the salary of 22,085 para-teachers at primary level from Rs 5,954 to Rs 10,000. Similarly, for 26,585 para-teachers at high schools, the salary was hiked from Rs 8,500 to Rs 13,000. Their retirement age is 60 years.
Ghosh said though para-teachers are the backbone of the schools, especially in the districts, they are the most neglected lot and "repeated deputations to the education department officials and the education minister failed to yield any positive result."
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh visited the venue of the hunger-strike by para-teachers on Saturday and expressed solidarity with them. Senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty had also visited them a few days ago.