Teachers hold protests, give Govt deadline of August 17

The teachers’ community and state government continue to remain at loggerheads over the controversial decision of conducting screening test of ReT teachers who have obtained their degrees from outside study centers or through distance mode. On Friday, Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) held demonstrations. All the schools, according to the Forum, were closed in the afternoon and teachers staged protests at their respective district headquarters to express anger against the government decision. Earlier on August 5, massive protests erupted in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk area after hundreds of ReT teachers…

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