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WBSSC recruitment case: Hurdles emerge as process begins to remove 'tainted' names from salary portal
Kolkata, April 26: As the process to remove "tainted" names from the salary portal for teaching and non-teaching staff in state-run schools across West Bengal gets underway, district inspectors of schools are encountering initial difficulties, particularly in tracing the current postings of several teaching staff.
Bengal recruitment case: A section of 'tainted' candidates got salaries without joining
Kolkata, April 25: Amid continuing protests by both “genuine” and “tainted” losers of teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools in West Bengal following a Supreme Court order earlier this month, a new angle of irregularity has surfaced.
Bengal recruitment scam case: 'Genuine' candidates to move court seeking termination of jobs of 'tainted' ones
Kolkata, April 22: The "genuine" teaching and non-teaching staff losing jobs in the state-run schools of West Bengal, following a Supreme Court order earlier this month, will now move the court demanding immediate announcement of the termination of jobs of the ones who have been identified as "tainted" of securing jobs by paying money.
Post SC verdict WBSSC gearing up for transparent recruitment process
Kolkata, April 18: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has decided to adopt some additional transparent methods for the written examination in teacher recruitments in future, after the Supreme Court cancelled 25,753 school jobs.
Day after meeting Bengal Education Minister, school job losers intensify stir
Kolkata, April 12: A day after meeting the West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, the individuals who lost their school jobs following an order of the Supreme Court last week, have intensified their protests on the streets of Kolkata, on Saturday.
Bengal Education Department gets contempt notice as job-losing teachers attend schools
Kolkata, April 12: 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.
Bengal Education Minister assures publication of segregated list of 'genuine' and 'tainted' candidates
Kolkata, April 11: West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, on Friday, assured the teaching and non-teaching staff, who have lost jobs in the state-run schools following a Supreme Court order last week, to publish a segregated list of the "genuine" and "tainted" candidates but only as per proper legal advice.
Crucial meeting between Bengal Education Minister with school job losers today
Kolkata, April 11: West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu will meet the school job losers, whose relay hunger strike has entered the second day on Friday.
Bengal: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue join protests of sacked school teachers
Kolkata, April 10: Doctors protesting on RG Kar issue joined the protest demonstrations of sacked school teachers in Kolkata on Thursday.
School job losers hunger strike underway in front of WBSSC office
Kolkata, April 10: A hunger strike by a section of the job losers, including teaching and non-teaching staff, in state-run schools in West Bengal is underway in front of the West Bengal School Service Commission's office at Salt Lake in Kolkata.
Conspiracy going on to destroy education system CM Mamata Banerjee meets teachers
Kolkata, April 7: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with teachers who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court order to cancel the appointment of over 25,000 staff in Bengal schools by the School Service Commission (SSC) in 2016 and alleged that there is a "conspiracy" going on to destroy the education system.
BJP, CPI-M trying to ensure collapse of education system in Bengal: CM Mamata
Kolkata, April 3: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) are trying to get the entire education system in the state collapsed.
Bill to regulate private school fees in Bengal soon: Education Minister
Kolkata, March 11: The West Bengal government will soon bring a Bill to the state Assembly to regulate the fee structure in different private schools in the state. This was informed by state Education Minister Bratya Basu on the second day of the budget session of the Assembly, here on Tuesday.
Many higher secondary aspirants in Bengal Board fail to appear for exam after registration
Kolkata, March 4: Questions have started surfacing on why a large number of higher secondary aspirants under the West Bengal Board in the last few years are dropping out of the examination even after registering for the same.
Bengal: Situation remains peaceful in educational institutions amid SFI's strike call
Kolkata, March 3: Situation remained peaceful in colleges and universities across West Bengal on Monday amid a strike call given by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) after two students of Jadavpur University were hospitalised after being allegedly hit by the vehicle of the West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu within the university campus last week.
Bengal Education Minister faces protests at Jadavpur University
Kolkata, March 1: West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, on Saturday faced protests at Jadavpur University (JV) after he reached there to attend the annual general meeting of Trinamool Congress-affiliated West Bengal College and University Professors Association (WBCUPA).
In Mamata's Bengal, 64,910 female students opt out of higher secondary exam
Kolkata, Feb 28: The number of female students appearing for the higher secondary examinations conducted by the West Bengal state board has drastically reduced, raising questions about whether they are increasingly reluctant to appear for the exam.