Around 50 agitating Shiksha Acharyas were arrested and sent to Suddhowala jail on Tuesday after they attempted to breach a police barricade outside Subhash Road near the Secretariat. Scores of State Shiksha Acharya Union members took out a rally that marched towards the Chief Minister’s residence, demanding their appointment in the Government schools.
They were, however, stopped at the barricade on Subhash Road. Administration made elaborate security arrangements in view of the stir. Earlier, the protesters assembled at Parade Ground. Their demand include merging Shiksha Acharya with Shiksha Mitra and appointment in Government schools.
Police faced anger of the protestors when they stopped them from breaking the barricade. later they staged a sit-in at the place where they were stopped. Purna Singh Rana, one of the protesters, said that they had been protesting for the past many years. Several memorandums had been submitted to the state administration through administrative officers, he said, adding that despite this, their demands were yet to be addressed.
Police arrested 37 male and 13 female protesters and sent them at Suddhowala jail. CO Manoj Katyal said that they were confused over the mode of the protest. “Some of the agitators started running hither and thither, leaving us in utter confusion. We chased them and arrested,” he added.