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Karnataka bars blind from 15,000 teacher posts
Karnataka has barred visually-impaired candidates from applying for 15,000 teacher posts, even though many had cleared the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET). Deccan Herald reports that aspirants are questioning why they were allowed…
The Story in Brief
Karnataka has barred visually-impaired candidates from applying for 15,000 teacher posts, even though many had cleared the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET). Deccan Herald reports that aspirants are questioning why they were allowed to write the exam if they cannot apply for the job. The government has not yet clarified which medical criteria disqualified them or why the restriction was not announced earlier.
The state education department has not issued a formal statement on the matter. Candidates say the move wastes years of preparation and defeats the purpose of inclusive education policies. The controversy follows earlier disputes over reservation and eligibility for teaching jobs in Karnataka.
The Indian Opinion
This is yet another case of policy contradicting itself. The same department that let visually-impaired candidates write the TET now shuts the door on them for 15,000 posts. Whose medical criteria are these, and why weren't they applied before the exam? The government must publish the job-specific fitness norms and explain this timing. A simple test: will the minister answer why the exam was held if the job was already out of reach?
Source: deccanherald.com
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