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Gujarat Govt U-Turn on Recruitment of Retired Teachers After Massive Backlash
The Morning Standard
|July 29, 2025
Amid youth protests, the Gujarat government has scrapped its decision to recruit retired teachers on contract for vacant teaching assistant posts in state-run and granted secondary and higher secondary schools.
The move followed strong opposition from TET (Teacher Eligibility Test)-TAT (Teacher Aptitude Test) pass candidates, who slammed the policy despite vacancies persisting even after regular teacher appointments and knowledge assistant hiring. On July 25, 2025, the Education Department had issued a circular allowing the appoin
This story is from the July 29, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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