Why is the Tribal Community Protesting?
The candidates of teachers recruitment examination (2018) are demanding 1,167 general vacancy seats for the ST community.
Youth from the tribal community in Rajasthan have been protesting for over the past two years demanding an opportunity to compete for recruitment as a teacher in the state through the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers (REET).
In December 2019, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the examination for teacher recruitment. Through Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers, the government had planned to fill 31,000 posts and 6,080 vacancies that were to be reserved for candidates from the Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) region covering over three tribal districts of Banswara, Dungarpur, and Pratapgarh.
However, after that announcement, there was no decision regarding the examinations. The government formed a…