Why are STET 2019-qualified candidates protesting despite assurances from the education minister?
STET 2019-qualified candidates in Bihar are protesting against the state education minister. Heres the story behind the situation:  1. STET passed teachers are angry with the merit list made by Bihar Board. 2. 3. However, the Bihar government said that since the validity of TET certificate is for lifetime now, in the same light, successful candidates of STET 2011 are also being given a chance in the seventh phase of resumption. 4. The successful candidates of STET 2019 are demanding that the government should make the subject-wise cut-off marks public. 5. The candidates also allege that the government is not following its advertisement of STET 2019 and is trying to complicate this recruitment process by making more candidates qualify than the number of vacant seats. 6. The candidates allege that those with less marks have been given a place on the merit list while those with higher marks have been kept out. Although the government has not yet received a reply on this allegation, the education minister has assured that all STET pass candidates will get equal chance in teacher recruitment. 7. The candidates allege that in the name of the recruitment process, bribes were being sought from them over the phone, yet these allegations were not investigated. The board has not yet clarified how the personal information of the candidates was leaked. 8. Candidates are worried that like the sixth phase, the seventh phase restoration process is also trying to entangle the court. They are also apprehensive and feel that when the candidates who had passed have not gotten jobs in 2011, then their reinstatement should not be delayed for years. 9. The candidates say that the education minister and the officials of the education department are changing their statements again and again. There is no clarity and uniformity in his statements. Even Sanjay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, during a conversation with a candidate, was hesitant to agree that the department would fulfill all the conditions of its advertisement in the reinstatement process. Read: Declared! Bihar STET Result 2019: See how to apply  Read: Jharkhand High Court reprimands JSSC for not publishing Panchayat Sachivalaya recruitment results