The recent notification by the Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TN TRB) to conduct another examination to fill up vacant posts at various departments, 10 years since the last recruitment was made, has irked candidates who have already cleared the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).
“We held protests when recruitment was not made in 2013. Since then, we have had organised 14 protests, met with the Education Department Director, Education Secretary and the Education Minister, seeking recruitment to various posts. No action was taken,” rued A. Elumalai, president of the 2013 TET-Passed Candidates Welfare Association, who termed the move to conduct another recruitment examination as an “eyewash” in the run-up to the elections. Mr. Elumalai said he had since 2013 thrice cleared both papers of the TET examination.
The members of the association condemned the DMK for not carrying out their promise to withdraw Government Order 149 passed during AIADMK regime. As per G.O. 149, those who cleared the TET examination needed to take another test to be appointed to the various posts. The DMK went back on its words, the association members said.
