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.
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev held discussions with Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, academicians, and representatives of schools to explore potential collaborations for expanding his concept of the Bhartiya Shiksha Board (Indian Education Board) in the state.
A state-wide School Management Committee (SMC) meeting at all the 19,110 government schools across Punjab was held on Tuesday, allowing parents and community representatives to play a direct role in the decision making of schools.
The Rajasthan government announced on Friday the merger of 260 government schools with nearby higher secondary schools. The decision was taken due to zero or low enrollment and other viability-related issues. The students and staff of these schools have been relocated to nearby higher secondary institutions, according to an official spokesperson on Saturday.
The investigation into the bomb threats received by schools across the national capital from the past one year has led Delhi Police to a teenager who sent 400 bomb related threats, and in the backdrop, a connection of an NGO with the boy's guardian which has links with a political party.
Amid severe cold wave conditions, the authorities have suspended classes up to 8th standard in all schools of Bihar's Araria district till January 12.
