A large number of junior teacher aspirants on Monday broke the security cordon and tried to barge into the State Assembly demanding employment.
However, a scuffle broke out between police personnel and agitators when the latter tried to break the security cordon.
Holding placards that read ‘Job or Jail’, the aspirants had staged a demonstration in front of the Assembly main gate to press for their demand.
“The State Government has been neglecting us. Though a lot of our members are staging a hunger strike at Lower PMG, no official has held any kind of discussion with us,” said a agitator.
The aspirants said the Government has not issued any notification for recruitment of junior teachers in the last six years. “The State Government has been giving fake assurances to fulfill our demands for the last three years,” he alleged.
He said though most of them possessed the necessary qualifications, including OTET, and other required training, no step has been taken by the concerned Minister or officials to address their grievances.
“If the Government cannot provide us employment, it should then let us die,” said an agitator.