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Kolkata: A group of six SSC teachers, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order, will visit chief minister
Mamata Banerjee
's residence on Thursday morning to submit a memorandum. The women, who are among those staging a protest outside Bikash Bhawan for 22 days, will seek CM's appointment to discuss their concerns.
The revised rules of School Service Commission is likely to be issued on Thursday, a day before the gazette notification for the fresh examinations for state schools posts is released. The changes, aimed at bringing transparency in the school recruitment process, will include preservation of OMR copies, along with carbon images, for a longer period and increase in the validity of the panel
The protesting teachers are still adamant in their stand against appearing for the recruitment examination, which chief minister Mamata Banerjee had on Tuesday urged them to take.
One of the protesting teachers said, "We want to ask the CM that after working for 10 years, is it possible to start afresh by preparing for exams to get a govt job? Is it so easy at this stage, when we have so much responsibilities?" Following the CM's announcement on Tuesday, Mehebub Mandal, the convener of the eligible teachers' forum, said, "The CM's statements at the Netaji Indoor Stadium earlier and that on Tuesday contradicted each other.
Those who bought their positions will be transferred to other departments, while we have to take another exam. We do not agree to appear for the exam."
The protesting teachers, who have been sitting outside Bikash Bhawan, have also refused to shift to Central Park, despite an HC order.
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