The State Government would be under pressure for next few days as various agitating organisations would try to force the Government to fulfill their demands before the Model Code of Conduct due to the Panchayat elections is imposed in the State on May 27.
The agitating federation of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualified unemployed youths has threatened to gherao the Secretariat on Friday. The General Secretary of the Federation, Amit Kashyap said that the members of the federation would assemble at Gandhi Park and then march to Secretariat. The federation is demanding that the Government should take immediate measures to remove the legal hurdles in the employment process of 1994 posts of Primary teachers in the education department. Kashyap said that the education department should also add 1,800 more posts of primary teachers in the current recruitment drive.
The Shiksha Acharyas who are demanding that they should be absorbed as Shiksha Mitras (SMs) have also threatened to intensify their stir if their demands are not accepted soon. The Shiksha Acharyas were recruited on a paltry sum of Rs 2,500 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and they demanding that they should be absorbed as SMs who get a monthly stipend of Rs 14,000.
The members of Joint Coordination Committee of Officers and Employees of Peya Jal Nigam met the State Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday and demanded that the Nigam should be converted into a Government organisation. Before meeting the Chief Minister the committee held a sit in front of their office. Similarly the sanitation workers of Municipal Corporation are also on a path of agitation for regularising their services.