DEHRADUN: The graduates of Diploma in Elementary Education course (2017-19 batch) have been protesting outside the school education department’s office in Dehradun for more than 10 days now. The agitating youths demand primary teacher jobs in state-run schools.
The students, who cleared the course in December 2019, claim that some rules were tweaked when they were in the middle of their course. “Around 650 students were selected after giving the entrance test for the state-run course. After 2 years of training, we were supposed to get a job as primary teachers in Uttarakhand government schools but no appointment has been made so far,” said Pankaj Dangwal, one of the protestors.
Meanwhile, officials of the state’s school education department refused to comment on the issue saying that the matter is being heard in the Nainital High Court.
