PANAJI: Taking the Covid-19 vaccine is “voluntary” and has “no relationship about continuation in government work”, the Ministry of Education was submitted to the Bombay High Court in Goa, denying that vaccination was made mandatory for teaching and non-teaching staff.
In a written statement, education director Bhushan Savaikar submitted that RT-PCR testing requirements for people who do not want to get vaccination not arbitrarily or irrational.
The High Court was hearing a petition that was looking for vaccinations made voluntarily for teaching and non-teaching staff.
Staff have accused discrimination against them showing that vaccination has not been mandatory for employees from other government departments, even for health workers in the state.
Savaikar told the court that “even though vaccination is not mandatory”, “it must be encouraged, and the pierced circular is a means to encourage teaching staff and non-teaching to get vaccinations”.
The fact that vaccination is not mandatory for medical staff cannot be grounded to set aside and cancel state executive actions related to teaching staff and do not teach, he handed over.
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in terms of pandemics and those involving public health, individual rights must give up on the public interest.
I further surrendered that when the high risk of public health exists, mistakenly on the cautious side is permitted.
Therefore, I say that circles are Dissolved did not violate the constitutional mandate and especially article 14 and 21 Indian constitutions, “Savaikar submitted.
The circular was issued in the “public interest” and “for the benefit of the students in general under the age of 18” he said.
“For teaching and opinions of staff who do not teach that they must bear the burden of testing RT-PCR, Savaikar states that allegations of financial burdens to individual applicants must give up on a larger public interest.
He also proposed that” when the high risk of public health exists, mistaken on the cautious side is allowed