HTET : Against job delay, teachers polish shoes, sweep floor in Haryan

AMBALA/PANCHKULA: In their protest against delayed recruitment, thousands of teachers who cleared the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) went to extremes on Wednesday. They swept the corridors and polished shoes at the gate of Siksha Sadan building in Panchkula.

Expressing their willingness to work without pay till the recruitment begins, the teachers handed over copies of affidavits to chairman of Haryana teachers recruitment board Brig (retd) Nand Lal Punia, and Surina Rajan, commissioner, secretary of education, Haryana

On the call of Patar Adhyapak Sangh (an organization of HTET qualified candidates) thousands of teachers assembled in Panchkula. They started their procession from the bus stand and reached Siksha Sadan raising slogans against the state government.

The protesters said the government was making excuses by saying that the regular recruitments would begin once the contractual teachers were relieved. They said the induction process would take time and the students shall suffer if the guest teachers are removed.

State president of the Sangh, Rajender Sharma, said, "We shall intensify our protest if nothing happens soon."

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