Opposition Parties in Bengal Slam Police Action on Primary School Teachers' Job Applicants
2 years, 2 months ago

Opposition Parties in Bengal Slam Police Action on Primary School Teachers' Job Applicants

News 18  

Opposition parties hit the streets Friday to protest the police action while removing primary teachers’ job applicants from their agitation site here, shouting we don’t want this government. A strong police contingent had removed the protesters, who claimed to have qualified the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test exams but were still omitted from the merit list, after 84 hours of sit-in from near the head office of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education in Salt Lake area here on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. WBPCC chief and Baharampur MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury led a protest from the state party office, Bidhan Bhavan, to another sit-in protest site of 2014, 2016, 2017 TET qualified candidates. Read | Bengal to Introduce Biometric Attendance System for Primary Teachers’ Recruitment Exam “A former education minister is in jail in connection with the teaching job scam.

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Bengal’s recruitment protests fizzle out post polls, but aspirants pin hopes on SC verdict
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal’s recruitment protests fizzle out post polls, but aspirants pin hopes on SC verdict

The Hindu  

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha election, the Mahatma Gandhi statue on Kolkata’s Mayo Road was the site of massive demonstrations against alleged irregularities in the teachers’ recruitment by the School Service Commission in West Bengal. The CPI‘s Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who had represented the job aspirants in the high court, told The …

‘People will lose faith’: CJI Chandrachud raps Bengal govt over recruitment scam
8 months ago

‘People will lose faith’: CJI Chandrachud raps Bengal govt over recruitment scam

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the teachers recruitment scam, saying people would lose faith in the system. Justice Chandrachud dubbed the alleged scam as a “systemic fraud” and said that state government authorities were duty-bound to maintain the digitised records pertaining to the appointment of 25,753 teachers and …

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam
8 months, 1 week ago

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam

The Quint  

In 2016, nearly 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the state-level selection Test for 24,640 vacant teacher positions in West Bengal. In 2021, former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, directed to the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe into the allegations. While passing its order on 22 April, the high court said: "We have given anxious consideration to …

Govt. teacher candidates detained for protesting at U.P. BJP office in Lucknow
1 year, 1 month ago

Govt. teacher candidates detained for protesting at U.P. BJP office in Lucknow

The Hindu  

Stormy scenes were witnessed inside and outside the ruling BJP’s State office in Lucknow on Saturday when hundreds of candidates seeking government teaching jobs tried to enter the party’s office which led to a face-off with police, leading to use of force to control the demonstrators. The merit list of 69,000 teachers released in June 2020 saw multiple petitions being …

West Bengal school recruitment scam: a massive fraud or a case of little ‘extra salt’?
1 year, 4 months ago

West Bengal school recruitment scam: a massive fraud or a case of little ‘extra salt’?

The Hindu  

Almost a year after the West Bengal school recruitment scam came to the fore with the recovery of piles of cash and arrest of former State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, investigation by the Central agencies has left a maze of FIRs and nearly a dozen arrests including that of leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress. He described the recruitment scam …

West Bengal school job scam: Four teachers who allegedly got jobs using unfair means arrested
1 year, 5 months ago

West Bengal school job scam: Four teachers who allegedly got jobs using unfair means arrested

The Hindu  

Four teachers who allegedly got jobs using unfair means were on Monday, August 7, 2023, arrested in the West Bengal school job scam. The CBI, which is probing the West Bengal school job scam had named the four teachers as witness in a charge sheet filed before the Court. The development has sent shock waves across the State as thousands …

Bihar Govt Cancels Leaves of Teachers Amid BJP Protest Over Recruitment Policy
1 year, 5 months ago

Bihar Govt Cancels Leaves of Teachers Amid BJP Protest Over Recruitment Policy

News 18  

The Bihar government cancelled the leaves of all teachers for a week, according to an official document. The Education Department also asked the district magistrates to inspect all state-run schools on Thursday to check the attendance of teachers. “The attendance/presence of teachers in all government schools must be 100 per cent on July 13… Strict departmental action, including suspension, should …

Patna Police lathi-charge CTET aspirants for protesting against state government
1 year, 6 months ago

Patna Police lathi-charge CTET aspirants for protesting against state government

Op India  

On Saturday, July 1, the Bihar Police lathi-charged some of the Central Teachers’ Eligibility Test candidates as they were protesting against the state government in Patna over the recruitment process. The police are removing them using lathis to control them.” Bihar | On Central Teachers’ Eligibility Test aspirants protesting against the state government in Patna, DSP Kotwali, Law and Order, …

HC seeks Bihar govt’s reply on pleas against new schoolteacher recruitment rules
1 year, 6 months ago

HC seeks Bihar govt’s reply on pleas against new schoolteacher recruitment rules

Hindustan Times  

The Patna high court has sought the state government’s reply within three weeks on petitions challenging the new recruitment rules for schoolteachers. It was hearing a bunch of petitions of teachers working since 2006 demanding the government employee status under the Bihar State School Teacher Rules, 2023, without an examination. Lawyer Abhinav Srivastava, who appeared for one of the petitioners, …

Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers' jobs in Bengal
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers' jobs in Bengal

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the cancellation of appointment of around 36,000 candidates who were untrained at the time of their recruitment as primary teachers in West Bengal government- Passing the order, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhay observed that "corruption of this magnitude" was never known in the State of West Bengal. "The appointment of all 36,000 candidates who were …

Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers' jobs in Bengal
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers' jobs in Bengal

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the cancellation of appointment of around 36,000 candidates who were untrained at the time of their recruitment as primary teachers in West Bengal government- Passing the order, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhay observed that "corruption of this magnitude" was never known in the State of West Bengal. "The appointment of all 36,000 candidates who were …

Calcutta HC orders dismissal of 36,000 teachers, asks govt to make fresh appointments
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC orders dismissal of 36,000 teachers, asks govt to make fresh appointments

India Today  

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the dismissal of 36,000 primary school teachers who were appointed illegally at state- The court on Friday stated that these teachers are inexperienced and therefore not qualified to continue teaching in primary schools. The affected teachers will continue working for the next four months, during which time the state government …

Teachers' recruitment scam: CBI raids 6 locations in Bengal, including TMC MLA's house
1 year, 8 months ago

Teachers' recruitment scam: CBI raids 6 locations in Bengal, including TMC MLA's house

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation searched six places, including a residence of a TMC MLA in West Bengal, in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam. The CBI was directed to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff and teaching staff by the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education between 2014 and 2021. As per the …

Bihar: New rules for teachers’ recruitment stir unrest
1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar: New rules for teachers’ recruitment stir unrest

Hindustan Times  

A day after Bihar cabinet approved new rules for recruitment of teachers in the state, protests have started over the modalities of appointment which are a clear departure from the current mechanism, in place under the Nitish Kumar government since 2006 and under which nearly 3.5 lakh teachers have so far been appointed through the panchayati raj institutions. What is …

Bengal job scam: Mamata urges HC not to cancel appointments
1 year, 9 months ago

Bengal job scam: Mamata urges HC not to cancel appointments

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday appealed to the Calcutta high court — which has so far cancelled appointments of over 4,800 undeserving candidates in the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam — not to terminate services of people as they have families to look after. The high court has so far cancelled the appointments of 4,853 undeserving candidates who …

Recruitment scam: Bengal schools face staff crunch as bribe givers lose job
1 year, 10 months ago

Recruitment scam: Bengal schools face staff crunch as bribe givers lose job

Hindustan Times  

Many state-run schools in West Bengal are facing staff crunch following the Calcutta high court order that sought termination of service of those who paid bribes for employment, education department officials said. Calcutta high court had directed the CBI to probe the appointment of non-teaching and teaching staff in recruitment case “The action has especially affected smaller schools where staff …

Udaipur Teacher Recruitment Paper Leak Main Accused Held at Bengaluru Airport
1 year, 10 months ago

Udaipur Teacher Recruitment Paper Leak Main Accused Held at Bengaluru Airport

News 18  

Rajasthan Police on Thursday detained one of the prime accused in the Grade-2 teacher recruitment exam paper leak case, Bhupendra Saran, from Bengaluru airport. As the paper leak case was registered in Udaipur, Saran was handed over to police in Udaipur. Read | UP Board Exams 2023: UPMSP Detains 65 Proxy Candidates Caught During Class 10, 12 Exams In December …

West Bengal recruitment scam: Trinamool councillors, leader’s kin among those using unfair means for jobs
2 years ago

West Bengal recruitment scam: Trinamool councillors, leader’s kin among those using unfair means for jobs

The Hindu  

The names of two councillors of the Trinamool Congress and a son of a panchayat pradhan have figured in the list of 952 candidates whose marks in the entrance examination were manipulated to get jobs as teachers, in State-run schools. Her name had figured on serial number 417 of the list of 952 candidates, whose OMR sheets were manipulated to …

Kolkata: School job aspirants take out rally seeking immediate appointments
2 years ago

Kolkata: School job aspirants take out rally seeking immediate appointments

India TV News  

Members of at least nine organisations representing school job aspirants, who claimed to have cleared eligibility tests, took out a massive rally here on Monday seeking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention for immediate appointments. Starting from Sealdah around 12.30 pm, the procession of hundreds of demonstrators, including candidates of Teacher Eligibility Test and School Service Commission exam, marched to the …

If Required, Will Summon Bengal Education Minister in Teachers' Scam: Calcutta HC
2 years ago

If Required, Will Summon Bengal Education Minister in Teachers' Scam: Calcutta HC

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday said that, if necessary, it may summon West Bengal Education Minister, Bratya Basu to the court in relation to the decision on the termination of services of teachers illegally appointed in state-run schools, depriving eligible ones of consideration. A bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhay even went to the extent of observing that finally the …

Uttar Pradesh: 4 govt teachers, who got jobs using fake documents, dismissed
2 years, 1 month ago

Uttar Pradesh: 4 govt teachers, who got jobs using fake documents, dismissed

India TV News  

Four teachers, who managed to get jobs in the Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Department on the basis of fake documents, have been dismissed from service and orders have been issued to lodge a case against them, a senior official said on Friday. In 2016, 15,000 assistant teachers were appointed in which these teachers had submitted fake documents relating to the …

West Bengal: Names of Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee appear on teacher candidate list, lawyers demand probe
2 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal: Names of Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee appear on teacher candidate list, lawyers demand probe

India Today  

Sparking fresh controversy in West Bengal, it was found that the names of the politicians of Bengal appeared on the merit list of the Teachers' Eligibility Test of qualified candidates. Leaders' names such as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari and Sukanta Majumder were found in a fresh TET merit list. The matter came to public knowledge when …

Teaching Job Aspirants Block Road in Kolkata Seeking Appointment in Schools
2 years, 1 month ago

Teaching Job Aspirants Block Road in Kolkata Seeking Appointment in Schools

News 18  

Alleging that they have been deprived of appointment in schools owing to irregularities in the recruitment process, hundreds of teaching job aspirants on Wednesday staged protests at the busy Exide crossing here, and near TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s office at Camac Street. The protesters sought to meet Banerjee, who is also the national general secretary of the ruling TMC, to …

WB school recruitment scam: ED grills ex-junior education minister Paresh Adhikary
2 years, 2 months ago

WB school recruitment scam: ED grills ex-junior education minister Paresh Adhikary

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned former West Bengal junior education minister Paresh Chandra Adhikary for around four hours in connection with the multi-crore school recruitment scam in the state. The Trinamool Congress legislator from Mekhliganj in north Bengal was dropped from the cabinet by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in August this year. Allegations surfaced that Ankita Adhikary, …

Bengal school jobs scam: Primary edu board ex-chief remanded in judicial custody till Oct 28
2 years, 2 months ago

Bengal school jobs scam: Primary edu board ex-chief remanded in judicial custody till Oct 28

India TV News  

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bankshall court in Kolkata has rejected a bail petition of West Bengal Board of Primary Education's former president, Manik Bhattacharya, in a school jobs scam and remanded him in judicial custody till October 28 on the request of the Enforcement Directorate. Another central agency, the CBI, had initially registered a case against Bhattacharya, who is …

West Bengal: Police detain TET-qualified candidates amid protests for direct recruitment
2 years, 2 months ago

West Bengal: Police detain TET-qualified candidates amid protests for direct recruitment

Op India  

The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has been playing with the lives of candidates, who have cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014. West Bengal | Police detained TET 2014 qualified students, who were protesting against the state govt outside the education board’s office in Kolkata’s Salt Lake “We will fight for them in court tomorrow,” says BJP state …

West Bengal: BJP slams Mamata Banerjee after Kolkata Police brutally remove protesting job seekers
2 years, 2 months ago

West Bengal: BJP slams Mamata Banerjee after Kolkata Police brutally remove protesting job seekers

Firstpost  

Thousands of candidates who had passed the Teacher Eligibility Test have been protesting at the headquarters of the West Bengal education department at Karunamayi in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata for several days now Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday over alleged corruption by the ruling Trinamool Congress in the education …

W.B. recruitment scam | Opposition hit streets after police action on job seekers
2 years, 2 months ago

W.B. recruitment scam | Opposition hit streets after police action on job seekers

The Hindu  

All the major political parties in the Opposition in West Bengal hit the streets on Friday in protest against police action on protesting job seekers who were demonstrating outside the office of West Bengal Board of Primary Education in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area. The police were also making announcements urging those protesting to leave the venue citing that the Calcutta …

'Qualified' TET candidates stage protest seeking appointment in schools
2 years, 2 months ago

'Qualified' TET candidates stage protest seeking appointment in schools

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of candidates, who claimed to have cleared Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014, staged a sit-in on Monday outside the office of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education in Salt Lake, demanding that they be given immediate job appointment letters. 'Qualified' TET candidates stage protest seeking appointment in schools The agitators said that they had appeared for two interviews …

'Qualified' TET Candidates Stage Protest Seeking Appointment in Schools
2 years, 2 months ago

'Qualified' TET Candidates Stage Protest Seeking Appointment in Schools

News 18  

Hundreds of candidates, who claimed to have cleared Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014, staged a sit-in on Monday outside the office of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education in Salt Lake, demanding that they be given immediate job appointment letters. Asserting that they would not want to appear for a fresh examination, announced by the government for this year, …

Mamata govt involved in teacher recruitment scam, says Union Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Mamata govt involved in teacher recruitment scam, says Union Minister

India TV News  

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for its alleged involvement in the school teachers recruitment scam and wondered when will it wake up from its "slumber" and give justice to the aspirants. Continuing with his condemnation, Pradhan told reporters that several senior TMC leaders and state ministers have been arrested in the …

How school recruitment process was rigged in West Bengal | EXCLUSIVE
2 years, 4 months ago

How school recruitment process was rigged in West Bengal | EXCLUSIVE

India Today  

A string of petitions, ten court orders for CBI investigation, five FIRs and more than 1,000 jobs terminated for irregularities. “What was your rank?” asked an India Today reporter investigating the recruitment scam in West Bengal. In Hooghly district, Sushanta Bhattacharya, the headmaster of the primary section of the state government-aided Uttarpara Amarendra Vidyapith, is a member of the West …

Calcutta High Court orders CBI to form SIT to probe teachers recruitment scam
2 years, 6 months ago

Calcutta High Court orders CBI to form SIT to probe teachers recruitment scam

India TV News  

Highlights Justice Abhijit had earlier ordered a CBI probe in at least eight cases of alleged illegalities The court said it will monitor the probe and the ones who didn't get jobs, should get them As per previous probe, court had earlier found appointment of 269 primary teachers were illegal Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered forming of a CBI …

Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe 'illegal' appointments of primary teachers in Bengal schools
2 years, 6 months ago

Calcutta HC asks CBI to probe 'illegal' appointments of primary teachers in Bengal schools

Firstpost  

Justice Gangopadhyay directed the central agency to institute a case and start an investigation forthwith into the alleged illegal appointments to primary schools Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the CBI to look into the appointments of 269 primary school teachers in West Bengal government- Passing the order, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Monday directed the primary education board secretary …

School recruitment scam, a major worry for Trinamool government
2 years, 7 months ago

School recruitment scam, a major worry for Trinamool government

The Hindu  

The irregularities in appointments by the West Bengal School Service Commission is turning out to be an embarrassment for the Trinamool Congress government. For instance, an FIR on May 20 by the CBI states the accused “collected the vacancies of Group C in an unauthorised manner after the expiry of the recruitment paneI on 18.05.2019 in violation of provisions of …

Recruitment scam in Bengal schools: CBI registers FIR against five officials
2 years, 7 months ago

Recruitment scam in Bengal schools: CBI registers FIR against five officials

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an FIR against five members of an advisory panel of the West Bengal School Service Commission in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment to Group C posts in state government-aided schools, an official said on Sunday. The central agency named the advisory committee's former chairman Shanti Prasad Sinha, SSC's ex-chairman …

Teachers recruitment scam: CBI quizzes Bengal minister for second time
2 years, 7 months ago

Teachers recruitment scam: CBI quizzes Bengal minister for second time

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Chandra Adhikary at the CBI office in Kolkata on Thursday. Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths on Friday questioned West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Chandra Adhikary for the second time in two days in connection with his daughter Ankita’s alleged illegal recruitment in a government school. The FIR lodged …

CBI registers FIR against Bengal minister in teacher recruitment scam
2 years, 7 months ago

CBI registers FIR against Bengal minister in teacher recruitment scam

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on May 19 registered an FIR against West Bengal Minister of State for Education Paresh Chandra Adhikary. The FIR came after an order by Calcutta High Court on May 17 directing the “CBI of Eastern Region to register a case and start the enquiry immediately” in connection with the appointment of the minister’s daughter as …

CBI registers FIR against Bengal minister in teacher recruitment scam
2 years, 7 months ago

CBI registers FIR against Bengal minister in teacher recruitment scam

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on May 19 registered an FIR against West Bengal Minister of State for Education Paresh Chandra Adhikary. The FIR came after an order by Calcutta High Court on May 17 directing the “CBI of Eastern Region to register a case and start the enquiry immediately” in connection with the appointment of the minister’s daughter as …

Railway Exam Protests: FIR Registered Against Six Teachers In Patna, Oppn Corners Govt
2 years, 11 months ago

Railway Exam Protests: FIR Registered Against Six Teachers In Patna, Oppn Corners Govt

ABP News  

New Delhi: Bihar Police have registered an FIR against six teachers on charges of instigating the students post the controversy surrounding the results of tests conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board for the Non-Technical Popular Categories. Asserting the case against the teachers is “unfortunate”, Yadav said that he should be arrested before anyone else is arrested in connection with the …

Primary teachers protesting for salary hike detained by Kolkata police outside West Bengal assembly
5 years, 6 months ago

Primary teachers protesting for salary hike detained by Kolkata police outside West Bengal assembly

Op India  

Amidst the ongoing protests by state government primary teachers in West Bengal demanding revision in their pay scale, the Kolkata police today detained the protesting teachers outside the West Bengal Assembly. Kolkata: Police detained state government primary teachers who were protesting outside West Bengal Assembly demanding revision in their pay scale. On June 17, clashes had erupted between the Shishu …

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