Around 300 government job aspirants in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, who have qualified the exam but are not yet employed as school teachers, were detained by police in Gandhinagar city on Tuesday when they sought their recruitment. Protested regarding.
He was later released from custody, police said.
Gandhinagar district Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty said Gujarat Congress MLA and party's state working president Jignesh Mevani was also detained by the police for taking part in the protest.
"We detained around 300 protesters, including Mevani, for organizing the protest without permission. He had given a call on social media and invited the protesters to gather at Gate No. 1 of the state secretariat complex, for which permission was granted. Cannot be given.We released all of them late in the evening,” the SP said.
These agitators, including women, have passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and Teacher Aptitude Test (TAT) mandated by the state government.
According to the rules, it is mandatory to pass TET to get the job of a teacher in classes 1 to 8 in government and aided schools. On the other hand, TAT is mandatory for the candidate who wants to become a teacher from class 9 to 12 in these schools.
The protesters wanted the state government to fill the vacant posts of teachers in government schools so that they could get regular jobs.The protesters claim that they have been sitting idle at home for a long time as the state government is not willing to recruit TET/TAT candidates as regular teachers.
According to Mevani, around 17,000 posts of teachers are lying vacant in government schools across Gujarat. Around 90,000 TET/TAT pass candidates are unemployed as the state government has not started recruitment for them.
“These unemployed youth are demanding that they be given jobs but the government never listened to them. Thus, they gathered in Gandhinagar to raise their demand.If the government wants, it can give them permanent jobs. If their demands are not met, "we will intensify the agitation," the Congress MLA warned before his detention.
He was later released from custody, police said.
Gandhinagar district Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty said Gujarat Congress MLA and party's state working president Jignesh Mevani was also detained by the police for taking part in the protest.
"We detained around 300 protesters, including Mevani, for organizing the protest without permission. He had given a call on social media and invited the protesters to gather at Gate No. 1 of the state secretariat complex, for which permission was granted. Cannot be given.We released all of them late in the evening,” the SP said.
These agitators, including women, have passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and Teacher Aptitude Test (TAT) mandated by the state government.
According to the rules, it is mandatory to pass TET to get the job of a teacher in classes 1 to 8 in government and aided schools. On the other hand, TAT is mandatory for the candidate who wants to become a teacher from class 9 to 12 in these schools.
The protesters wanted the state government to fill the vacant posts of teachers in government schools so that they could get regular jobs.The protesters claim that they have been sitting idle at home for a long time as the state government is not willing to recruit TET/TAT candidates as regular teachers.
According to Mevani, around 17,000 posts of teachers are lying vacant in government schools across Gujarat. Around 90,000 TET/TAT pass candidates are unemployed as the state government has not started recruitment for them.
“These unemployed youth are demanding that they be given jobs but the government never listened to them. Thus, they gathered in Gandhinagar to raise their demand.If the government wants, it can give them permanent jobs. If their demands are not met, "we will intensify the agitation," the Congress MLA warned before his detention.
