Thank you for the prompt response. We need to support the aspiring teachers of Assam. Can you share any rule which stipulates why blind people are not eligible? the document will buttress our campaign for equal rights.
On 3/31/17, Leikhu Laishram Leingakpa <laishram...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all > TET exam was first conducted in Assam for lower and upper primary > standard sometime in 2011 where blind and visually impaired candidates > are allowed to take the same. However, later on when it was conducted > for high school and secondary standard they were not allowed to take. > The reason is best known to the authority alone. So far I believe > nobody took up the issue at any appropriate level that time. > > Leikhu Laishram > > > > > > On 3/31/17, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I wanna know more about this story. Do blind people barred from >> appearing for TET in assam? can anyone from Assam or member of Assam >> blind union on the list? do enlighten. >> https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170331/jsp/northeast/story_143646.jsp#.WN3zkRa1ty0 >> >> >> >> Guwahati, March 30: The All Assam Blind Students' Union today urged >> chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and education minister Himanta Biswa >> Sarma to allow visually impaired students to take the teacher >> eligibility test (TET). >> >> In a memorandum to the chief minister and education minister, the >> union also demanded reservation in government service for people who >> had 100 per cent blindness and to increase the unemployment stipend >> for visually impaired students from the current Rs 6,000. The union >> also asked the authorities to arrest the president of the Disabled >> Protection Committee, Paramananda Rai, who was allegedly trying to >> allot the land of the blind school at Basistha to build a guesthouse. >> >> The union said it will not allow a single inch of the school land to >> be used for other purposes. >> >> >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >> >> The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >> >> You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >> >> >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the >> person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the >> mails >> sent through this mailing list.. >> > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
