The Karnataka State Trained Unemployed Physical Education Teachers’ Association alleged that successive State governments had completely ignored the appointments of the candidates trained as Physical Training Instructors (PTI), Certificate of Physical Education (C.Ped), Bachelor in Physical Education (B.Ped) and Master in Physical Education (M.Ped) in the State for the last 17 years.
Association State president Sunil S. Gola and member B. Devendrappa, told presspersons in Kalaburagi on Monday that nearly 45,000 candidates who have completed the certified course of physical education and also had Bachelors and Masters degrees in physical education across the State are waiting for their appointments to the posts of physical education teacher at schools and colleges for the last 17 years.