Chhattisgarh: A group of assistant teachers protesting against dismissal were detained in Raipur city
Raipur: According to a senior police official, a number of assistant teachers who were demonstrating against their dismissal in the city’s streets were taken into custody.
Following the Chhattisgarh High Court’s April 2024 ruling, the Chhattisgarh government started the process last month of firing more than 2,800 primary school teachers having B.Ed. degrees.
People with a diploma in elementary education (D.El.Ed.) may now teach elementary school because the HC decided on April 2 that those with a B.Ed. are not qualified for these positions.
“These B.Ed. candidates had been protesting against their termination,” City Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told ANI. They were urged to conduct their demonstration in a lawful manner. They blocked the road even though they were not authorized to sit and demonstrate here. Since the whole city was having problems, they were asked to leave the area for around ten hours.
The SP claims that after many efforts to settle the dispute amicably failed, the police took action on Sunday due to the protest’s severe disturbance of the neighborhood.
He went on to say, “On the orders of the SDM, they were removed from here with the aim to clear the way.”
Before, Raipur’s main Telibandha Road was stopped by BEd assistant teachers in protest of their demands, which included employment security.They want the state government to protect their employment.
In support of their demands, a number of men B.Ed. assistant instructors recently tonsured their heads, and female teachers likewise chopped their hair.
While in custody, a student said, “We were only requesting our rights. Why are you being punished for this, whomever is to blame?
“Our children have been protesting here for a month,” a protester told ANI while in custody. We parents have come here for that reason. As you can see, our dictatorship is dragging us around like animals today. We are the parents of teachers, not criminals, thieves, or Naxalites.
Notably, in its ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court declared that B.Ed. teachers who had been employed by the government for the previous 15 months were not qualified for the position.
