Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 9
Women applicants for the post of pre-primary teachers who have not received results of their mandatory nursery teacher training (NTT) course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), on Wednesday held a protest outside the residence of ex-BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia.
The protesting women tried to break the security barricades in a bid to enter the Kalia’s house. Police officials on duty tried to pacify them and arranged a talk with Kalia on phone as he was reportedly not at home at the time of protest.
The protesting women said that as many as 8,393 posts had been opened for recruitment by the state government and December 21 was the last date for submission of the forms, which they could not apply till the declaration of the NTT result from IGNOU. They said that they had come to demand from Kalia to intervene in the matter and ask the authorities of the Centre-run university to release their results in a few days so that they can apply for the posts.
The agitating women, including Anju Bala and Sumeet, said they had been working as voluntary educators in government schools for the past many years and this was the time to fulfill their dreams to get a regular post but the delay in the result by IGNOU had come as a great hindrance. The applicants said that they would protest again before the residence of Kalia on December 11 if their demand was not conceded by the government.
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