SSC candidates staged a sit-in protest demanding jobs in Kolkata. file | Photo Credit: ANI
Female School Service Commission (SSC) job aspirants who qualified for teaching jobs in 2016 but were yet to get employed took out a rally in Kolkata on March 8, highlighting their plight on International Women’s Day exposed.
Around 200 candidates dressed in black took out a rally from Sealdah Railway Station to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in central Kolkata.
Some of the protesters lay down on the ground, got up and repeated the action throughout the rally, while others displayed placards urging Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to “awaken the plight of teaching job aspirants”.
“Various programs are organized across the city on the occasion of International Women’s Day, but qualified SSC women candidates have been protesting for more than 720 days, yet the state government has not paid heed to their plight,” Madhurima Sinha , said an SSC aspirant.
The protesters also beat drums to “wake up the government”.
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the state education department is working in the “best interest” of SSC candidates as directed by the court.
“We request them to have patience. Not a single deserving candidate will be left out,” said Mr. Ghosh.