Can’t employ teachers without eligibility test, says Badal
Tribune News Service
Barnala, January 19
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has made it clear that the protesting ETT teachers cannot be given regular jobs till they clear the teacher eligibility test (TET). Speaking at a function to pay tributes to freedom struggle hero Sardar Sewa Singh Thikriwala at Thikriwala village here today, Badal said he had held three meetings with the agitators, but failed to reach a consensus.
He said the government was ready to preserve the house of the freedom fighter if asked by those occupying the same.
Badal asked the village panchayat members to meet him in Chandigarh on January 21 with their demands.
Those who paid tributes to the martyr included Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Balbir Singh Ghunas, area in charge of Bhadaur constituency Darbara Singh Guru, maternal grandson of the martyr Capt Amarjit Singh Jaijee and SGPC member Paramjit Singh Khalsa.
Protesters detained
About 24 agitating unemployed ETT (EGS and AIE) teachers were taken into police custody at Thikriwala village during Chief Minister's visit there. Upinderjit Singh Ghumman, Senior Superintendent of Police, Barnala, said the protesters were taken in custody as a preventive measure. They were let off after the departure of the Chief Minister, he added. Sukhchain Singh, a member of the action committee of unemployed ETT teachers, said they only wanted to apprise the Chief Minister of their problems
Tribune News Service
Barnala, January 19
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has made it clear that the protesting ETT teachers cannot be given regular jobs till they clear the teacher eligibility test (TET). Speaking at a function to pay tributes to freedom struggle hero Sardar Sewa Singh Thikriwala at Thikriwala village here today, Badal said he had held three meetings with the agitators, but failed to reach a consensus.
He said the government was ready to preserve the house of the freedom fighter if asked by those occupying the same.
Badal asked the village panchayat members to meet him in Chandigarh on January 21 with their demands.
Those who paid tributes to the martyr included Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Balbir Singh Ghunas, area in charge of Bhadaur constituency Darbara Singh Guru, maternal grandson of the martyr Capt Amarjit Singh Jaijee and SGPC member Paramjit Singh Khalsa.
Protesters detained
About 24 agitating unemployed ETT (EGS and AIE) teachers were taken into police custody at Thikriwala village during Chief Minister's visit there. Upinderjit Singh Ghumman, Senior Superintendent of Police, Barnala, said the protesters were taken in custody as a preventive measure. They were let off after the departure of the Chief Minister, he added. Sukhchain Singh, a member of the action committee of unemployed ETT teachers, said they only wanted to apprise the Chief Minister of their problems
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