NTT teachers’ union opposes quota for Anganwadi workers in Himachal

KULLU, SEPTEMBER 19

Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) Union has rejected the recent proposal of allotting quota of 30 per cent to Anganwadi workers for the recruitment of nursery teachers in 4,000 government pre-primary schools in the state.

A virtual meeting of the state executive of Himachal NTT Union was organised under the chairmanship of state general secretary Kalpana Sharma to review the proposal by the education department to recruit 70 per cent posts from NTT and 30 per cent from Anganwadi workers.

Kalpana said recruitment should be done by framing R&P rules and not under any other scheme. She said NTT trainees were unemployed since long and had fought for many years for this recruitment. She said the first entitled to this post is a trained nursery teacher.

The general secretary said the union would communicate its demands to the government through rallies at every district headquarters in the next two to three days.

Kullu NTT Union president Renuka Sharma said such a decision relaxation in age and diploma in NTT for Anganwadi workers and no exemption for NTT trainees was beyond anyone’s comprehension. She said only rightful persons should be recruited. — OC