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.
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Monday made a fresh appeal to the court requesting it to ‘permit’ the untainted teachers and group C and D employees attached with government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools to continue in service till the new recruitment process to such posts is completed.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Delhi Assembly, Atishi, on Monday wrote to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta highlighting the issue of fee hike by private schools in the national capital, demanding freezing the increase with immediate effect and an audit of all such schools to be done by the government.
India Metrological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert – warning that moderate to heavy rainfall is expected- and said that moderate rain is expected to pour down on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Government of the NCT Delhi after receiving a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) stating that students studying in some schools in the North East District area are following the pattern of teaching mechanism.
After an animated discussion with the upcoming businessmen at Business Blasters programme, the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said, "With the help of their brilliant business ideas, they will help the country get rid of unemployment soon. Their ideas will give a boost to the Indian economy too."
As the education sector is making progress in its digital way, educational institutions are becoming vulnerable to be targeted for cyber bullying ~ from ransomware attacks to data breaches.
With the enrolments increasing, each school has more than 300 to 400 students leading to an increase of around 30 per cent students in each class.
