'Qualified' TET Candidates Stage Protest Seeking Appointment in Schools
2 years, 5 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, the candidates demanded that they be appointed as teachers in West Bengal government- Read | Bengal Teacher Recruitment Scam: All Appointments Through TET Since 2011 Under ED Scanner Despite persuasion by the police, they refused to call off the protest “Why should we appear for another exam, having already cleared all rounds in 2014,” a woman candidate, participating in the protest, said. Former West Bengal Board of Primary Education chairman Manik Bhattacharya, also a ruling Trinamool Congress MLA, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 11 in connection with the alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of primary teachers in the state. Bhattacharya was removed from the post of chairman on an order of the Calcutta High Court, before which a number of petitions have been moved alleging graft in the appointment process of teachers in state- Read all the Latest Education News and Breaking News here

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Teacher aspirants in Bihar mob education minister demanding TRE-3 supplementary results
3 days, 2 hours ago

Teacher aspirants in Bihar mob education minister demanding TRE-3 supplementary results

Hindustan Times  

Teacher aspirants on Monday gheeaoed education minister Sunil Kumar on the road demanding publication of supplementary results of Teacher Recruitment Exam -3. Security personnel had a torrid time calming down teacher aspirants who staged a protest demanding publication of supplementary results of Teacher Recruitment Exam -3. With the aspirants sitting in front of his vehicle, the minister came down from …

T.N. govt withdraws appeals filed against exemption from TET granted to minority schoolteachers
1 month, 1 week ago

T.N. govt withdraws appeals filed against exemption from TET granted to minority schoolteachers

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday withdrew from the Supreme Court a batch of appeals filed by it early this year challenging several orders passed by the Madras High Court not to insist upon teachers, serving in minority run aided schools, to clear Teachers Eligibility Test. In the application for withdrawal filed before the top court, the Director of School …

Supreme Court Sets Aside Judgment Allowing Jharkhand Residents Who Cleared CTET/TET From Neighboring States To Apply For 2023 Teacher Recruitment
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside Judgment Allowing Jharkhand Residents Who Cleared CTET/TET From Neighboring States To Apply For 2023 Teacher Recruitment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court set aside a 2023 judgment of the Jharkhand High Court permitting Jharkhand residents who had cleared the Central Teacher Eligibility Test or Teacher Eligibility Test from neighbouring states to participate in the recruitment process for Assistant Teacher positions in Jharkhand.A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Rajesh Bindal pronounced the judgment. The Supreme Court set aside …

Six months on, Teacher Recruitment Board results for 1,768 teacher posts still pending in Tamil Nadu
2 months ago

Six months on, Teacher Recruitment Board results for 1,768 teacher posts still pending in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Six months have passed since the Teacher Recruitment Board conducted an exam to recruit 1,768 secondary grade teachers in primary and middle schools across the state, but the results are yet to be published. R Poornima of Tiruchy, who cleared Teacher Eligibility Test in 2013, said the TRB conducted the direct recruitment in July 2023 in which around 26,000 …

Technical Glitch Interrupts Conduct of TET
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Technical Glitch Interrupts Conduct of TET

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A technical glitch caused a major delay in the conduct of Teacher Eligibility Test at Vardhaman College, Shamshabad. The exam, scheduled to conclude at 4.30 pm, remained incomplete even at 6.30 pm. M. Badri, who travelled from Khammam with his wife and one-year-old child, said, “We came a long way for this exam, which was supposed to be held …

West Bengal school jobs row: SC to hear pleas against invalidation of 25,753 jobs on January 15
2 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal school jobs row: SC to hear pleas against invalidation of 25,753 jobs on January 15

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court will hear pleas challenging a Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in government and aided schools in West Bengal on January 15. On May 7 last year, the apex court granted major relief to teachers and non-teaching staff of West Bengal whose services were invalidated by the High Court on …

State Eligibility Test would be conducted in TN: Minister Govi Chezhiaan
3 months ago

State Eligibility Test would be conducted in TN: Minister Govi Chezhiaan

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhiaan on Tuesday said the Teachers Recruitment Board has adequate administrative and infrastructure facilities to conduct the State Eligibility Test with the support of university professors. The minister said steps are being taken to conduct the examinations transparently and as per UGC norms Chezhiaan said the government has recently issued orders authorising the TRB …

BRTEs urge State government to conduct counselling at the earliest
3 months ago

BRTEs urge State government to conduct counselling at the earliest

The Hindu  

Candidates, who qualified in the Graduate Teachers Block Resource Teacher Educators examination conducted by Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board in February 2024, have demanded their appointment without any further delay. Through a petition, the candidates said that through the notification issued by the Tamil Nadu government to fill 3,192 graduate teachers and BRTE in August 2023, they applied for the …

Bengal ex-min Partha Chatterjee granted future bail by SC in cash-for-job scam case, to be released on…
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal ex-min Partha Chatterjee granted future bail by SC in cash-for-job scam case, to be released on…

Live Mint  

Supreme Court of India granted conditional future bail to former West Bengal Education minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. The court stipulated that upon his release, Partha Chatterjee would not be allowed to hold any public office but could continue serving as an MLA for Behala West. …

Teachers Must Possess Essential Aptitude, Ability To Meet Challenges Of Teaching: Telangana HC Rejects Plea Against Eligibility Test Guidelines
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Teachers Must Possess Essential Aptitude, Ability To Meet Challenges Of Teaching: Telangana HC Rejects Plea Against Eligibility Test Guidelines

Live Law  

Dismissing a plea by certain candidates challenging the syllabus criteria in the Guidelines for Teacher Eligibility Test claiming it to be arbitrary, the Telangana High Court observed that the guidelines framed by National Council for Teacher Education are to ensure that competent candidates are recruited as teachers. In doing so the court underscored that the requirement of having basic knowledge …

Seeking recruitment letters, ETT teachers barge into DPI building in Mohali
4 months ago

Seeking recruitment letters, ETT teachers barge into DPI building in Mohali

Hindustan Times  

Unemployed elementary teacher training teachers on Tuesday entered director public instructions office inside the Punjab School Education Board building in Phase-8, over their long-standing demand to recruit them. Protesters ended the protest around 8 pm after their five representatives met education minister Harjot Singh Bains in his office in Chandigarh. “Protesters were satisfied after meeting the minister who assured them …

Kolkata primary teaching job aspirants take out rally seeking early recruitment
4 months ago

Kolkata primary teaching job aspirants take out rally seeking early recruitment

Hindustan Times  

Over 1,000 primary teaching job aspirants on Tuesday took out a rally in Kolkata and blocked the arterial Dorina crossing in the heart of the city demanding that the state government start the process of new recruitment to fill up thousands of vacant posts in state-aided primary schools. The 1.5 km long rally was organised by Prathamik TET Pass DLD …

UP News: Supreme Court To Hear Teacher Recruitment Case On 9 September | ABP News
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UP News: Supreme Court To Hear Teacher Recruitment Case On 9 September | ABP News

ABP News  

In Uttar Pradesh, candidates for the 69,000 teacher recruitment drive have been staging protests outside the residences of BJP's OBC leaders and coalition allies for the past four days. Prior to this, the candidates had also demonstrated outside the homes of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Union Minister Anupriya Patel, Yogi government's Minister Ashish Patel, and UP BJP Chief …

Stormy scenes outside Deputy CM Maurya’s residence as teacher’s aspirants holds protest
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Stormy scenes outside Deputy CM Maurya’s residence as teacher’s aspirants holds protest

The Hindu  

Stormy scenes were witnessed outside the official residence of U.P. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in Lucknow on Monday with hundreds of teachers’ job candidates hailing from reserved categories held sit-in protest which led to a face-off with police, leading to use of force to control the demonstrators. The aspirants were demanding immediate appointment of 69,000 assistant teachers amid the …

69,000 Teacher Recruitment: Protests Erupt Outside UP Deputy CM's Residence Over Delayed Merit List
6 months, 3 weeks ago

69,000 Teacher Recruitment: Protests Erupt Outside UP Deputy CM's Residence Over Delayed Merit List

ABP News  

On Monday, protesters in Lucknow gathered outside the residence of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to demand action on the long-pending 69,000 teacher recruitment case. The protest was primarily driven by calls for immediate compliance with the High Court’s orders, alongside demands for the prompt issuance of a new list for appointments. Earlier, Commenting on the court’s …

400 teachers denied increments, adequate pay over TET rule
6 months, 3 weeks ago

400 teachers denied increments, adequate pay over TET rule

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Around 400 teachers employed in schools run by the Archdiocesan Board of Education in Mumbai are up in arms over the management’s decision to deny them increments for over five years citing lack of qualifications that were made mandatory after their appointment. In 2019, the board made it mandatory for its teachers to clear the state-level teacher’s eligibility test, …

TGT/PGT recruitment-2022: Two years on, 13 lakh aspiring teachers still await exam in U.P.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

TGT/PGT recruitment-2022: Two years on, 13 lakh aspiring teachers still await exam in U.P.

Hindustan Times  

More than 13 lakh candidates who had applied for the recruitment against 4,163 vacant posts of Trained Graduate Teachers and lecturers in government-aided secondary schools of Uttar Pradesh are still waiting for the recruitment exam to be conducted despite two years already having passed since filling in the forms. Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Service Selection Board had invited and accepted …

TET February syllabus is applicable for test slated for August, says School Education Commissioner
8 months, 3 weeks ago

TET February syllabus is applicable for test slated for August, says School Education Commissioner

The Hindu  

School Education Commissioner S. Suresh Kumar on July 2 clarified that the syllabus that was given to the candidates who wrote the Teacher Eligibility Test in February this year, will be applicable for the new batch of candidates who will be writing the TET in August. Referring to the reports doing the rounds in social media platforms that the TET …

Bihar Teacher Eligibility Test exam postponed, new dates to be announced soon
9 months, 1 week ago

Bihar Teacher Eligibility Test exam postponed, new dates to be announced soon

Live Mint  

The Bihar School Examination Board has announced the postponement of the second Teacher Eligibility Test, originally scheduled between June 26 and 28, 2024. Backdrop of examination paper leaks The postponement coincides with heightened scrutiny of exam security following recent incidents of paper leaks. The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test was canceled after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan revealed on …

‘People will lose faith’: CJI Chandrachud raps Bengal govt over recruitment scam
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role
10 months, 4 weeks ago

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe West Bengal government officials' role in an alleged teacher recruitment scam. The court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff. The Mamata Banerjee-led state government …

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

Bengal govt moves SC after Calcutta HC nullifies appointment of over 25,000 teachers, non-teaching staff
11 months ago

Bengal govt moves SC after Calcutta HC nullifies appointment of over 25,000 teachers, non-teaching staff

India TV News  

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: The West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order nullifying the appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 in state-run and state-aided schools. "The high court failed to appreciate the ramification of cancelling the entire selection process leading …

Calcutta HC declares 'null and void' 2016 teacher recruitment test, Mamata Banerjee calls verdict 'illegal'
11 months ago

Calcutta HC declares 'null and void' 2016 teacher recruitment test, Mamata Banerjee calls verdict 'illegal'

India TV News  

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Monday issued a directive nullifying all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 in government- In addition to nullifying the appointments, a division bench consisting of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi instructed the Central …

TET aspirants demand clarity on eligibility norms
11 months, 4 weeks ago

TET aspirants demand clarity on eligibility norms

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Aspirants complained of confusion following the release of the latest Teacher Eligibility Test notification by the education department, stating that it did not mention provisions for in-service teachers' eligibility. Teachers are Aspirants are now calling for a separate TET for in-service educators, if deemed necessary, and they are "willing to furnish detailed information to facilitate the process with the …

Bihar Teacher Recruitment 2024 exam cancelled due to paper leak allegations, new date soon
1 year ago

Bihar Teacher Recruitment 2024 exam cancelled due to paper leak allegations, new date soon

India TV News  

Bihar Teacher Recruitment 2024 exam cancelled: The Bihar Public Service Commission has cancelled the Teacher Recruitment Exam 2024 or TRE 3.0 2024. BPSC TRE 3.0 Exam: Police arrest around 300 aspirants The commission conducted the teacher recruitment 2024 exam on March 15 in two sessions. Around 300 aspiring teachers were arrested from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand in connection with an alleged …

2,67,559 candidates to appear for Teacher Eligibility Test in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

2,67,559 candidates to appear for Teacher Eligibility Test in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh School Education Commissioner S. Suresh Kumar on February 23 said that 2,67,559 candidates would appear for the Teacher Eligibility Test at 120 examination centres from February 27. In a statement, Mr. Suresh Kumar said the candidates could download their hall tickets from February 23 from the website https://aptet.apcfss.in//. He said that based on the Supreme Court verdict, the …

TS TET Result 2023 announced on tstet.cgg.gov.in, check direct link, and other latest updates
1 year, 6 months ago

TS TET Result 2023 announced on tstet.cgg.gov.in, check direct link, and other latest updates

India TV News  

TS TET Result 2023 download link, Manabadi TS TET 2023 result download link: The Telangana State Department of School Education has declared the results of the state-level Teacher Eligibility Test, or TS TET 2023 today, September 27. The State Level Teacher Eligibility Test, or TS TET 2023, was conducted on September 15 in two shifts: morning and afternoon. Candidates can …

Teacher trials: 25 years of toil and tears
1 year, 6 months ago

Teacher trials: 25 years of toil and tears

The Hindu  

It was a bittersweet experience for Annam Jayalakshmi when she received the appointment order for the coveted position of a Secondary Grade Teacher in Pedaprolu Mandal Parishad School under Mopidevi mandal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh only 19 days before her retirement. While the government approved the proposal, it said the appointment of DSC-1998 candidates was a unique case …

Teacher Recruitment Scam: SC turns down West Bengal govt plea for interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee
1 year, 7 months ago

Teacher Recruitment Scam: SC turns down West Bengal govt plea for interim relief to Abhishek Banerjee

Firstpost  

The West Bengal government had approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order which had refused to give interim relief to Banerjee. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order to grant interim relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee against CBI and ED interrogation in a recruitment …

West Bengal school job scam: Four teachers who allegedly got jobs using unfair means arrested
1 year, 7 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 …

Patna Police lathi-charge CTET aspirants for protesting against state government
1 year, 8 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, …

Teachers' recruitment policy tweaked to fill vacancies: Bihar education minister as aspirants demand rollback
1 year, 9 months ago

Teachers' recruitment policy tweaked to fill vacancies: Bihar education minister as aspirants demand rollback

India Today  

Bihar’s teachers’ recruitment policy was tweaked due to a dearth of competent aspirants in subjects like Science and English in the state, education minister Chandrashekhar said, a day after the state allowed aspirants from anywhere to apply for a government job as a teacher in Bihar. One visibly-fuming aspirant, Rahul Yadav, blamed the state government for playing with the future …

TN to formulate solution to recruit 2012 & 2013 TET pass outs: Minister
1 year, 9 months ago

TN to formulate solution to recruit 2012 & 2013 TET pass outs: Minister

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu School Education Department would soon formulate a solution regarding appointing permanent secondary grade teachers who completed the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2012 and 2013, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said in Coimbatore on Monday. As per reports, over 80,000 secondary grade teachers — teachers for primary school students — who passed the test in 2012 and …

HC seeks Bihar govt’s reply on pleas against new schoolteacher recruitment rules
1 year, 9 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, …

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: ED summons Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning
1 year, 10 months ago

Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: ED summons Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Sujay Krishna Bhadra for questioning in connection with the teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal. The ED had conducted a raid on Sujay Krishna Bhadrat's residence in Kolkata's Behala area on May 20. In May 2022, the CBI was directed to probe the appointment of non-teaching staff and teaching staff by the West Bengal School …

Bengal Govt To Challenge Calcutta HC Order Cancelling Jobs Of 36,000 Teachers, Says Mamata
1 year, 10 months ago

Bengal Govt To Challenge Calcutta HC Order Cancelling Jobs Of 36,000 Teachers, Says Mamata

ABP News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday that the state government will challenge a Calcutta High Court order that terminated the employment of nearly 36,000 primary teachers in state- The CM also claimed that those teachers lost their jobs as a result of the ongoing agitation by state government employees demanding a rise in their DA to match …

Mamata govt to challenge Calcutta HC Court order cancelling jobs of nearly 36,000 primary teachers
1 year, 10 months ago

Mamata govt to challenge Calcutta HC Court order cancelling jobs of nearly 36,000 primary teachers

India TV News  

Bengal recruitment scam: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has said that it will challenge Calcutta High Court order cancelling jobs of around 36,000 primary teachers in state- The West Bengal Board of Primary Education challenged the Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench order for termination of services of 36,000 primary teachers in state-run schools at a division bench of …

Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers' jobs in Bengal
1 year, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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: SC says judges can't give TV interviews on pending matters
1 year, 11 months ago

Teachers' recruitment scam: SC says judges can't give TV interviews on pending matters

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Registrar General of the Calcutta High Court to verify whether Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay gave an interview to a news channel about the pending case relating to the teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. READ | CBI forms special task force to speed up probe into Bengal teachers' recruitment scam The bench asked the …

Teachers' recruitment scam: CBI raids 6 locations in Bengal, including TMC MLA's house
1 year, 11 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, 11 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 …

CBI forms special task force to speed up probe into Bengal teachers' recruitment scam
1 year, 11 months ago

CBI forms special task force to speed up probe into Bengal teachers' recruitment scam

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has formed a special task force to speed up the investigation into the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam case. The induction came after the Calcutta High Court pulled up the central probe agency to pace up the probe into the teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal. The CBI was directed in May last year to …

West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: CBI forms special task force to speed up probe
1 year, 11 months ago

West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam: CBI forms special task force to speed up probe

India TV News  

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation has formed a special task force to speed up the ongoing investigation into the alleged West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam case. West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam The scam relates to the irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in government run schools as well as providing jobs to the Group C and D non-teaching staff …

Bengal job scam: Mamata urges HC not to cancel appointments
2 years 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 …

West Bengal job scam proceeds may have been used to finance movies: ED, CBI officials
2 years, 1 month ago

West Bengal job scam proceeds may have been used to finance movies: ED, CBI officials

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Investigations into three people involved in the West Bengal job fraud racket who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation since July last year has shown that some of the proceeds of the crime may have been used to fund Bengali movies and music videos, officials of the two federal agencies said on condition of …

West Bengal recruitment scam: Trinamool councillors, leader’s kin among those using unfair means for jobs
2 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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 …

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