ANMs protest outside secretariat demanding

Dehradun | Tuesday | 18th July, 2017

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However, the Arts stream said the move has put them in jeopardy.The protesters sat outside the secretariat shouting slogans and blocking traffic. “When we were studying, Arts students were eligible for jobs and now the high court has made our degree useless. They said that they paid two years fees for the diploma course just like students from the Science stream.On the other hand, the Science graduates are demanding quick filling of the vacant posts. The earlier advertisement was only for Science graduates and the Arts department was not happy with the same.After a high court order that said that jobs should be allocated only to a science graduates, the department had given the advertisement. DEHRADUN: Auxillary Nurse Midwives (ANMs) from Arts and Science stream gheraoed the secretariat and director general of health Dr DS Rawat on Monday demanding jobs.The Arts stream wanted the department to stop filling of 440 vacant posts of female health workers as per the March 15, 2016 advertisement and issue a fresh advertisement..