Police arrested some Uttarakhand Trained BPEd and MPEd Youth Union activists at Parade Ground as they were all set to take out a protest rally towards the Chief Minister’s residence in support of their long pending demand.
They were demanding appointment of trained BPEd and MPEd youth as physical education teacher in Government-run schools. later, they were released. A large number of agitators assembled at Parade Ground and shouted slogans against the State Government for failing to address their concerns.
The protesters alleged that they had submitted memorandums to the Education Minister and department officers several times, but their demands are yet to be addressed.They had received assurances several times regarding the same from the political executives and Government officers. The association president Sunder Singh Dhoni said that they have been protesting for the last few years in support of one-point demand.
The association members had rallied upto education directorate, secretariat and Vidha Sabha many times in support of the demand. The police manhandled them earlier during protest. Several posts of physical education teachers are lying vacant for the past many years, but the State Government has not started recruitment process to fill up these posts. large number of youth had completed teachers’ training. Some of them are still unemployed and their economic condition is difficult. Some have migrated in big cities like Delhi and other places in the country to earn livelihood.
The association will intensify its protest unless the demand is met soon, he warned. Among others who participated in the protest were Kalicharan Rawat, Umakant Sharma, Arjun, Prempal, Kamal Rawat, Yogesh and Harish.