The members of federation of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)/ Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualified unemployed candidates took out a candlelight march in the State capital on Thursday evening for their demand for release of recruitment advertisement on the vacant posts of primary teachers in the Government schools of the State.
The members of the federation gathered at the Gandhi Park of the city on the day and marched towards the Clock tower with candles in their hands. The candidates carried banners demanding that the Government should immediately start the process of recruitment on the vacant posts of Primary teachers of the Government schools.
The President of the association, Manveer Rawat said that more than 7000 posts of primary teachers are lying vacant in the government schools of the State. He said that thousands of the B.Ed/ TET qualified unemployed youths are waiting for these jobs as after March 31 next year they would be rendered not eligible to teach in the primary schools.
The federation is also demanding that the State Government should bring amendment in the School teacher first appointment, promotion, transfer posting guidelines- 2014 and incorporate the year-wise merit based system of selection in it.
The member of the Federation is on path of agitation for last many days and its members are sitting on Dharna outside the state education directorate. In last week the federation has retorted to acts like begging on the city roads to undertaking cleanliness activity to attract public attention on their demand.