This year, 1,20,881 out of 9.69 lakh candidates who appeared in the exam failed, showing a sharp increase in the number of unsuccessful students.
Headmasters of various government-run and government-aided schools, under the banner of the Advanced Society for Headmasters and Headmistresses (ASFHM), have expressed deep concern over the exclusion of qualified non-teaching staff in the education sector.
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.
The untainted, deserving teachers who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court verdict held a protest rally today.
Hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from state-aided secondary and higher secondary schools, who recently lost their jobs following a Supreme Court verdict that found irregularities in the appointment process, staged protests across North Bengal on Wednesday demanding justice and reinstatement.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has asked the Chief Secretary to prepare a plan for repair and maintenance of educational institutions and other government buildings across the state.
The Commission acting on a petition filed by rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy passed the order and directed its Registry to transmit the copy of the complaint to the concerned authority calling for an action taken report within four weeks.
The Delhi government had shut primary schools in capital and restricted outdoor activities for secondary school students in view of pollution in capital.
While addressing a press conference, Rai said that alongwith reopening primary schools, curbs on outdoor activities for secondary school students will also be lifted from Wednesday.
Chess in schools will be played by students from more than 60000 schools as a sports and game activities on third saturday of every month during 'No bag day', Education Minister B D Kalla told SNS here on Monday.
