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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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
