Protesting guest teachers ‘beg’ on streets for reinstatement

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, August 23

Agitating guest teachers today begged for alms on the streets to express resentment against the state government. They demanded that the state government should reinstate them.

The guest teachers under the aegis of Uttarakhand Guest Teachers’ Association (Madhyamik) continued with their protest for the fourth consecutive day.

The protesters begged at Clock Tower, Buddha Chowk, Congress Bhavan, Indira Market and adjoining places to express their anger against the state government.

The protesters said a memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted to government officials several times, but to no avail. They said the state government had done nothing to overcome the shortage of teachers in schools.

Vivev Yadav, state president, Uttarakhand Guest Teachers’ Association (Madhyamik), said agitated guest teachers had decided to intensify the agitation in order to build pressure on the state government. He demanded that Congress-led state government should immediately draft a proposal to appoint 6,000 guest teachers in government schools in the state.

Harish Arya, Daulat Jagudi, Mahaveer Chauhan, Praveen Ranakoti, Vipin Sakhlani, Sandeep Pant, Rakesh, Poornima Devi, Manju Kumari and Puja Devi took part in the protest.