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This is an archive article published on June 5, 2010

HC to govt: Students of other boards also eligible for Vidhya Sahayak posts

The Gujarat High Court,on Friday,ordered the state government to consider applications from students clearing their Class XII from schools in Gujarat...

Education officials have assured of necessary modification in website for other students to apply

The Gujarat High Court,on Friday,ordered the state government to consider applications from students clearing their Class XII from schools in Gujarat — affiliated to any board besides the state board — for the 10,000 posts of Vidhya Sahyaks to be filled by the state Education Department.

Justice D H Waghela passed an interim order to this effect while acting on the 30 petitions moved by students of the Central Board of Secondary Education.

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The students had moved the application following an advertisement by the state Education authorities in a local daily on May 26 inviting applications from eligible candidates for the 10,000 posts of Vidhya Sahayaks across Gujarat.

One of the petitioner lawyers,S H Iyer,said that one of the eligibility criterion for applying for the posts was passing the Class XII examination from the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB).

“This was clear a discrimination towards students who had cleared their examination from boards other than GSHSEB. So,we moved the petition praying direction to the state Education authorities to consider students from other boards for the appointments too,” he added.

The state government and the Director of Primary Education have been named as respondents in the petitions.

The petitions were heard by the HC on Friday.

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Iyer said the court has passed an interim order and directed the government to consider all eligible candidates who have passed their Class XII examination from schools in Gujarat,but affiliated to any other board in the country. The procedure to apply for the posts has been made available online and candidates have to apply online too.

But due to the confusing eligibility criterion,the petitioners and many others were unable to apply for the posts. The last date for applying for the posts is June 6. State Education Department officials who were present in the court on Friday have assured that a necessary modification will be made on the website so that the students of other boards can apply for the posts in time. Further hearing of the petitions is slated for June 16.

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