Teachers gherao MLA’s residence over written test for vacant posts

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, June 14

Members of the district unit of the Kacche Adhyapak Union, Punjab, gheraoed the residence of the local MLA Dr Dharambeer Agnihotri here on Monday. They were protesting against holding the written test for filling the vacant posts of pre-primary teachers. The protesting teachers took out a rally and marched through the town to reach the MLA’s residence.

The MLA was not present in the house at that time and the protesters appealed to the official concerned to take a memorandum from them, but no official came outside to receive a charter of demands. They remained present outside the MLA’s residence for hours.

Addressing on the occasion, Satinder Kang and other leaders said they had been working in a government primary school at a low salary since 2003, but their services had not been regularised till date.

They said the Education Department had now issued orders to conduct the written test for filling the posts of pre-primary teachers.

The test has been slated for June 27. The union was demanding that they should be recruited without conducting any test as they had already been working on these posts for over the last 18 years and had enough job experience. They lifted the dharna when the local tehsildar came to receive their memorandum.

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