The Odisha Junior Teacher Aspirants Association, Kandhamal on Wednesday staged a mass demonstration in front of the Collectorate here demanding early recruitment of junior teachers against vacant posts in primary schools in the district soon.
Over a hundred of aspirants having training certificates of DELED, Bed, OTET, OSSTET, CTET moved in a rally before staging a demonstration at the Collectorate.
Later, they submitted a memorandum, addressing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, to the Collector in favour of their demand.
“While the Government claims to bring development in education sector, huge vacancies in the primary and upper primary schools have to filled up soon to make foundation of the sector strong. About 40,000 teacher aspirants are now sitting idle after training. They can be accommodated in 1 lakh posts that lying vacant,” read the memorandum. They too demanded that the primary education sector come under the Mo Sarkar 5T programmes.
“We belong to tribal-dominated Kandhmal district. If we are not appointed soon, most of us will cross upper age limit of 42 years. The appointment should be on district level and regular basis,” urged the aspirants.