India, Nov. 11 -- Thousands of teachers from across Maharashtra staged a silent protest (march) at the Pune district collector's office on Sunday, opposing the Supreme Court's recent decision which mandates all in-service teachers teaching classes 1 to 8 to pass the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) within two years.

The protest, organised by the Maharashtra State Primary Teachers' Central Association, demanded that the state government immediately file a review petition in the Supreme Court against what the teachers are calling an 'unjust and impractical' decision. Teachers also threatened "to boycott local self-government election duties" if their demands are not fulfilled.

During the protest, one teacher questioned, "We qualified throu...