TET, TAT candidates protest for Teacher Recruitment; Video claims pregnant woman dragged by police
Gandhinagar: Around 150 government job aspirants who have cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and Teacher Aptitude Test (TAT) were detained by police on Tuesday after holding a protest to demand the recruitment of government teachers. The protest took place in front of Pathikashram, where police swiftly intervened, detaining the protesters and transporting them to various locations in the city.
A video circulating on social media claims that a six-month pregnant woman, who has passed the TET-TAT exams, is being inhumanely dragged and beaten by the police. The caption of the video states, “She is not a terrorist or a criminal, but a teacher who has passed the TET-TAT government exams and yet hasn't been placed for a year. She was inhumanely dragged & beaten up by the police for seeking what was promised by the government. Gujarat Model?”
She is 6 months pregnant. She is not a terrorist or a criminal, but a teacher who has passed the TET-TAT government exams and yet hasn't been placed for a year.
— Achal Shah (@achalshah06) June 23, 2024
She was inhumanely dragged & beaten up by the police for seeking what was promised by the government.
Gujarat Model? pic.twitter.com/367PmlRofO
Among those detained was Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani, who participated in the protest to show support.
The demonstrators were calling for the government to abandon the Gyan Sahyak scheme, which aims to fill teaching vacancies in schools on a contractual basis until regular appointments can be made. Clearing the TET is mandatory for recruitment as a teacher for Classes 1 to 8 in government and grant-in-aid schools, while clearing the TAT is required for teaching Classes 9 to 12.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Jignesh Mevani said, “Unemployment is at its peak in the state. When there are vacancies and qualified members, why is the government not filling up the posts? The candidates protested today (Tuesday) and I participated in it as a mark of support. Their demands are reasonable. I am going to hold a big protest of TET/TAT candidates in Ahmedabad soon.”
Dilipsinh Rajput, one of the detained candidates, stated, “As per government records, there are over 40,000 vacant posts and there are around 70,000 candidates who have cleared TET/TAT. Yet, the government is not conducting recruitment of regular teachers.”
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
