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Prayagraj, the confluence city of Uttar Pradesh, has once again become the center of a big movement of competitive students. The anger of the candidates regarding the recruitment process of Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) and Lecturer (PGT) in non-government aided secondary schools of the state has reached the seventh sky. After weeks of peaceful protest at the Stone Church, hundreds of students marched on foot to the Directorate of Education in Prayagraj and surrounded the entire campus and sat on an indefinite strike. Considering the sensitivity of the situation, the administration has deployed the entire Education Directorate with heavy police force and PAC. police cantonment Has been converted into.
The scene of agitation in the Directorate of Education campus remains very poignant and tense. Four candidates, who have been on fast unto death since September 5, have laid down on the ground wearing Ramnami and shroud. The candidates say that they have considered themselves ‘living dead’ in front of the insensitivity of the government and they will not step back until their demands are met. During the movement itself, candidate Meena Saroj, who was on hunger strike, had to be admitted to the hospital when her condition became critical.
The anger in this movement increased further when candidate Vijay Bahadur, a resident of Jaunpur, who was preparing for recruitment for a long time, died tragically, allegedly due to mental stress and brain stroke. The candidates are protesting with Vijay’s photo and shroud in their hands. Students allege that due to the sudden change in the rules, a serious crisis of age and eligibility has arisen in front of lakhs of youth who have been preparing for years.
The protest by competing students is mainly regarding the new rules and qualifications implemented by the New Education Service Selection Commission. Students say that due to the suddenly imposed new provisions, almost 7 to 8 lakh candidates On the verge of being directly eliminated from the recruitment process:
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Requirement of 50% marks in graduation: In the new rules, minimum 50 percent marks in graduation has been made mandatory. Candidates argue that most of the students from rural and general backgrounds who graduated 10-15 years ago had less than 50% marks, which will now make them ineligible forever.
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Negative Marking and TET Screw: The old examination pattern has completely changed with the addition of negative marking and additional eligibility conditions in the recruitment examination.
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Change in Subject Combination: Strict eligibility rules have been implemented in subjects like Hindi, Technical Arts, Sanskrit, Home Science and Music, due to which lakhs of students taking degree from single subject are being declared ineligible.
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Essentiality of B.Ed in Lecturer (PGT): Earlier, only Masters (PG) in the relevant subject was valid for PGT, but in the new draft, old students are confused due to B.Ed being made mandatory.
The agitating students in the Directorate of Education have made their demands clear before the administration and government:
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Opportunities under old rules: Vacancies in aided secondary schools are approx. 20,000 TGT-PGT posts Advertisement should be issued on the old rules and old examination pattern only.
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At least two additional chances: If the government has to implement new rules, then the candidates who have been preparing for years according to the old rules should at least two special occasions Be given.
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Advertisement Exam date for year 2022 should be announced: The pending examination date of TGT-PGT recruitment advertised in the year 2022 should be announced immediately and seats should be increased in it.
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Talks with DM and higher officials: The student leaders leading the movement have demanded that the District Magistrate (DM) himself should come to the protest site and communicate directly with the students, and not suppress their voices only with the help of police force.
After the siege of the Directorate of Education, the movement has received open support from various student organizations like AISA, Disha and Yuva Manch. Samajwadi Party teacher MLC Dr. Mansingh Yadav also reached the protest site and assured to strongly raise the voice of the students to the government and assembly. The Yuva Manch has sent a letter to the President demanding his intervention in the crisis arising out of the new rules.
The competing students have bluntly warned that this fight is now “all-out”. If the government does not take a positive decision on their legitimate demands, then this siege of Prayagraj will take the form of a huge student movement in the entire Uttar Pradesh. At present, there is tense peace in the Directorate of Education campus and heavy police force is keeping an eye on every movement.