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Disturbing: Sacked Punjab teachers hold protest with body of infant girl Eknoor in Bathinda

Bathinda (Punjab): Eknoor Kaur Rooth, a 14-month-old girl died of both cold and malnutrition on Thursday during the ongoing protest of Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) teachers here, and  for the last four days, the teachers




The unemployed EGS teachers have been demanding regular employment, but the Punjab government has told them that as per Central law, they will have to pass Teachers Eligibility Test before they are absorbed as teachers.

Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the protesters were trying to blackmail the government.

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