Demanding release of advertisement for appointments to vacant posts in the education department, members of Uttarakhand BEd (TET) Trained Federation protested outside Education Directorate and later broke windows and damaged Government property on Tuesday.
The police reached the site to control the situation. The police dispersed the protesters and managed to control the situation. later, school education director CS Gwal called the protesters and said that he has already communicated their demands to the State Government. According to protesters, as per National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) guidelines, for BEd (TET) candidates, March 31, 2014, is the last date for submitting application for the post of teacher in the education department. The association is being supported by around 40, 000 unemployed TET qualified youth of State. They had submitted several memorandums to Education Minister and school education director in past.