Bengal primary teachers’ recruitment case: First hearing by HC’s new division bench on April 28

Bengal primary teachers’ recruitment case: First hearing by HC’s new division bench on April 28

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The first hearing in the case of irregularities in primary teachers’ appointment made by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) will be held by a new division bench of the Calcutta High Court on April 28. The matter was earlier being heard by a … Read more

Andhra Pradesh issues notification to fill posts of 16,347 teachers

Andhra Pradesh issues notification to fill posts of 16,347 teachers

Follow Us on Google News Amaravati, April 20 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday released a notification for conducting a ‘Mega District Selection Committee’ to fill 16,347 teacher posts across the state. The Department of School Education released the notification to fill the vacancies through District Selection Committee (DSC). Director of School Education V. … Read more

Bengal school jobs row: SC allows ‘untainted’ teachers to continue till fresh selection is over

Bengal school jobs row: SC allows 'untainted' teachers to continue till fresh selection is over

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the “untainted” assistant teachers in West Bengal, whose appointments were cancelled due to large-scale irregularities in the 2016 selection process, to continue in their positions till fresh recruitment is completed. Stressing that students must not suffer, a bench headed … Read more

Bengal Education Department gets contempt notice as job-losing teachers attend schools

Bengal Education Department gets contempt notice as job-losing teachers attend schools

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Four senior bureaucrats attached to the West Bengal Education Department were served contempt of court notices for reportedly allowing a section of the teachers, who lost jobs after the Supreme Court’s verdict, to attend the schools they were associated with. Last week, a division bench of … Read more

Outsiders joining teachers’ protests led to ruckus on April 9: Kolkata CP

Outsiders joining teachers' protests led to ruckus on April 9: Kolkata CP

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Some outsiders joined the protests by the teaching and non-teaching staff — who lost their jobs — in front of the office of the district inspector of schools at Kasba in South Kolkata on Wednesday (April 9) following which the protests turned violent, claimed Kolkata Police … Read more

Bengal: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue join protests of sacked school teachers

Bengal: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue join protests of sacked school teachers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue joined the protest demonstrations of sacked school teachers in Kolkata on Thursday. The sacked employees organised the protest rally in central Kolkata, demanding immediate action by the state government and West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in segregating “genuine” candidates … Read more

Rahul Gandhi writes to President Murmu, urges for safeguarding interests of deserving Bengal teachers

Rahul Gandhi writes to President Murmu, urges for safeguarding interests of deserving Bengal teachers

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and sought her intervention in West Bengal teachers’ crisis, emanating from a Supreme Court verdict, which dealt a big blow to the recruitment of more than 26,000 teachers in the state. In … Read more

Calcutta HC’s new bench to hear on irregularities in recruitment of 32,000 primary teachers

Calcutta HC's new bench to hear on irregularities in recruitment of 32,000 primary teachers

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Calcutta High Court’s new division bench, headed by Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, will hear the case on irregularities in recruitment of primary teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal. Earlier, the matter was allotted to the division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das … Read more

Gujarat: Krida Bharati backs long-standing demands of physical education teachers

Gujarat: Krida Bharati backs long-standing demands of physical education teachers

Follow Us on Google News Ahmedabad, April 7 (IANS) Krida Bharati, the Gujarat wing of the national sports organisation affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), officially extended its support to the physical education teachers (Vyayam Shikshaks) who are protesting in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar over permanent recruitment. Hundreds of physical education instructors from across the state … Read more