The Live Nagpur
  • Nagpur City
  • Nagpur Education
  • Nagpur Sports
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Crime
  • Entertainment & Lifestyle
  • Health & Wellness
  • Nation
  • Politics
  • Trending
  • Vidarbha
  • Obituary

The Live Nagpur


  • Home
  • City
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Forest
  • Featured
  • Vidarbha
Featured

Finish pending recruitment process, demand students whilst burning degrees

by Vallari Sanzgiri July 17, 2020July 18, 2020
written by Vallari Sanzgiri July 17, 2020July 18, 2020
Finish pending recruitment process, demand students whilst burning degrees

On Friday July 10, Aathvan Bhanawat went to his rooftop and torched eight degree- certificate photocopies in broad daylight. Nearly 50,000 such frustrated fires were reported across Maharashtra that day. “I thought there would be some use to these certificates. But what’s the point of a degree that even the government does not consider important?” said Bhanawat.

His bitterness towards the government is shared by the members of the D.Ed. B.Ed. Student Association Maharashtra Rajya who have been awaiting the completion of the State teacher recruitment process for the last three years.

The thousands of fires lit on Friday were part of the ‘Degree Jalao’ (burn the degree) and the ‘Jawaab do’ (answer us) protests that demanded government addressal of pending grievances.

According to Student Association member Rehman Pathan, nearly 1,95,000 students applied for school teaching posts in December 2017 following an unofficial announcement of inducting a large number of candidates as teachers.

In February 2018, the then State Education Minister declared that 24,000 teaching posts would be filled. In 2019, this number was reduced to nearly 12,000 posts.

In August 2019, only 5,800 candidates were listed on the government’s ‘Pavitra Portal.’ During the COVID-19 pandemic, the applicants were informed that all recruitment will be suspended until further notice. “At some point, you reach the end of your patience. Many of the applicants are M.A. or Ph.D. holders. What do we do with these degrees if the government keeps ignoring us?” he said.

Deprived of any form of employment some students turned to other forms of occupation. Rahul Kharat who gave the Maharashtra Teacher’s Aptitude and Intelligence Test (TAIT) in 2017, now works as a farmer in a family plot near Pune.

“I was emboldened by Education Minister Vinod Tawade’s 2018 promise to induct 24,000 teachers. However, as nothing came out of it, I began growing corn and sugarcane on my plot. Today, because of the pandemic, even that mode of income had stopped,” he said.

Sugarcane crops had already received suffered a severe hit during the 2019 floods in Maharashtra. This year, many farmers reported lack of manpower to harvest the crops that were left standing in the field.

Regarding the recent announcement on recruitment suspension, Kharat said, “Already three years have gone by [since he gave his TAIT.] They should at least finish the pending list of inducted teachers until the lockdown ends.”

Similarly, another member of the Student Association, who did not want to be named, said she used to work on a Clock Hours Basis at a school 40 kms from their home in Satara district. Owing to the lockdown both she and her spouse had to stop working. “We can’t talk about the future of Maharashtra if we overlook the condition of the primary schools. Rather than COVID-19, we’re dying due to unemployment,” they said.

This sentiment is further reinforced by teachers already working in Maharashtra’s schools. Satyanarayan Salunkhe, a teacher who was transferred from Osmanabad to a public school in Devgad, Sindhudurg, said that recruitment would help with the inter-district transfer of teachers.

Salunkhe said that teachers in Sindhudurg have been excluded from inter-district transfers for the last two years.
“There are above 400 vacancies in Sindhudurg district alone. If new teachers are appointed here by the Pavitra Portal process, teachers can work at their home district and everyone can work happily,” he said.

On the other hand, the deputy secretary of the Pavitra Portal said that their work is bound by government direction. “Pavitra portal is a very first online teachers recruitment initiative of Government. Let us not mistake it as a recruitment board like MPSC,” said the deputy secretary.

Over the years, many candidates filed various petitions to the High Court regarding the eligibility criteria or the reservations provided in the process. While these judgements are made the recruitment is delayed as well.

The series of events finally came to a jarring halt in June this year when the state Cabinet Ministry stopped all government recruitments. We are still trying to put up the complete list of 2019 but due to the current pandemic situation, there is ban on recruitment. We have sought the permission to complete the remaining process. We are still awaiting orders," said the deputy secretary.

Rehman Pathan agrees that over the years around eight petitions have been filed. The most recent was a complaint against the reduction of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes reservation by 50 percent.

“Some eligible candidates filed a complaint that their names were not included in the 2019 list. As a result, even the incomplete result is being revised,” he said. The Students Association persistently tries to attract the attention of the government officials to their pleas but to no avail.

“We once approached State School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad and she told us she would discuss the matter with other officials but she did nothing about it,” said Pathan.

According to Bhanawat, authorities have conveyed this ‘we-are-with-you’ sentiment for the
last seven years. “Over the weekend, I received a message from the Mahavikas Aghadi that said “we are with
you.” Everyone keeps saying this but nobody does anything,” said Bhanawat.

Vallari Sanzgiri is a graduate from the Asian College of JOurnalism, Chennai. She currently lives in Mumbai as a freelance writer. To contact Vallari send an email to vallssanzgiri@gmail.com

0 comment
FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Vallari Sanzgiri

previous post
COVID-19: Oxford University Vaccine Raises Hope with Early Trial Results
next post
Redevelopment of Four Railway Stations, Nine Firms in Race to Bag Contracts

You may also like

Vicks launches Tulsi Cough Drops to alleviate sore...

May 17, 2022

JSW Paints launches its innovative product that focuses...

May 17, 2022

Catch Garud on his escapade of adventures as...

May 14, 2022

Is there really a ghost in Sony SAB’s...

May 14, 2022

Stay in Charge – the OnePlus 10R 5G...

May 13, 2022

New Range Rover sport revealed with epic spillway...

May 13, 2022

Birla Corporation Limited clocks highest ever cement sales...

May 12, 2022

Asthma Awareness Month: Underdiagnosis and lack of adherence...

May 12, 2022

Nurses Day celebration had no bounds- cheer and...

May 12, 2022

Sony announces the Next-Gen Smart BRAVIA 32W830K Google...

May 11, 2022

Trending News

  • Mini MBA course in just one rupee, know how

    May 17, 2022
  • Know how to block spam calls on iPhone

    May 16, 2022
  • India reeling under 50°Celsius is a matter of concern

    May 16, 2022
  • Rohit Sharma, K L Rahul to be rested for T20 series

    May 15, 2022
  • Australian Cricket Star Andrew Symonds Dies In Car Crash

    May 15, 2022

Important Links

  • Politics
  • Crime
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Sports

Available on Playstore & Coming Soon on Appstore

Search

July 2020
M T W T F S S
« Jun   Aug »
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  

Sign-Up Form

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

Footer Logo
  • Nagpur City
  • Nagpur Education
  • Nagpur Sports
  • Business
  • Featured
  • Crime
  • Entertainment & Lifestyle
  • Health & Wellness
  • Nation
  • Politics
  • Trending
  • Vidarbha
  • Obituary
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms Of Use
  • Advertise with Us
  • Work with us
  • Contact Us

© 2020 - The Live Nagpur . All Rights Reserved.