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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
6 SSC teachers to visit CM's residence today
1 2 3 4 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.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers from the 2016 state level selection test panel return amid confusion over final list
1 2 3 Kolkata: Teachers from the 2016 state-level selection test panel started returning to school as clear instructions from the school education department were sent to the schools, along with the list of 'untainted' teachers' names. However, there is still some confusion in the list, as several names, including that of Chinmoy Mandal, a prominent face of the movement, is missing from it. The state school education department has asked school heads to send a detailed report of how many teachers from the 2016 panel are in the respective schools. A format was sent to the district inspectors, asking them to fill in the name of the teacher, designation, SSC recommendation, appointment letter, employee code, and any transfers made during this period, which must be mentioned with details. The same report was requested for the staffers as well. Several untainted teachers who protested outside the School Service Commission office returned to school from Thursday after the district-wise list was published by the education department. Ishani Kundu, a life science teacher at a North 24 Parganas school, said, "Being a teacher, I love to take classes and interact with students, but the situation brought us to the street. I spent a wonderful moment at the school today, but unfortunately, the relief is only for a few months now. However, the condition of Group C and D staffers is very painful. I hope the entire issue is resolved soon." School heads expressed that they are quite relieved after seeing teachers join duties. Dumdum Aurobindo High School's Headmaster, Ashim Kumar Nanda, said, "Three teachers—one for political science and two for commerce—are from the 2016 SLST panel. Finally, they joined today. We have the only political science teacher in class XI-XII. The commerce department was running with only one teacher when the number of students was quite large." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo Krishnachandrapur High School in South 24 Parganas has eight teachers from the 2016 panel, and many of them joined the school. School Headmaster Chandan Maiti said, "All the eight names are there in the list, but an extra name was included, which is strange. Not only in our school but in many schools where there is such confusion in the list, we want this to be resolved immediately." However, there is still a section that did not return to schools and is found at the protest site. Suman Biswas, a protesting teacher, said, "Major demands of uploading the mirror images of the OMR sheets are yet to be fulfilled. I am not satisfied with the list, as we heard a lot of anomalies in the list that need to be resolved soon." MSID:: 120588570 413 |
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Tainted' vs ‘untainted' at stir site over classification
1 2 3 Kolkata: A group of teachers started a sit-in demonstration outside the School Service Commission office on Thursday, contesting their exclusion from the list and raising concerns about OMR disputes . They positioned themselves adjacent to an existing protest that had been ongoing for four days. The proximity of the two protest sites led to conflict between the two groups with members engaging in a confrontation regarding classification issues. "My name is not on the list as there was a dispute in the OMR. I don't know what happened. I did not give a single penny to anyone, but I am marked as tainted. Is this justice?" said Satabdi Sarkar, a Bengali teacher from Birbhum. Soma Sahu, another Bengali instructor from South 24 Parganas, raised concerns about the authenticity of mirror images. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Subhajit Paul, who teaches history in North 24 Parganas, expressed distress about his exclusion from the list and subsequent instruction to cease attending school. He emphasised his compliance with all required procedures since joining in 2018. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo The situation became chaotic when the group that had been protesting since Monday increased their volume on microphones and began chanting slogans, creating disruption at the demonstration site. Ritesh Ghosh, who organised a rally following the Supreme Court order, emphasised equality in protest rights, noting that all 26,000 educators faced job losses. Chimoy Mandal, a prominent protest leader, expressed surprise at police allowing another group to demonstrate at the same location, stating they had not created any divisions themselves.
Indian Express
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Stalemate outside SSC: No breakthrough in talks as Mamata & Bratya make appeal
The stalemate between the state government and the protesting school employees, who were terminated from services by the Supreme Court, continued on Tuesday night. There was no breakthrough in the talks between the officials of the School Service Commission and a six-member delegation of the teachers as hundreds of protesters continued their gherao of the West Bengal School Service Commission office in Salt Lake. Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged them to return to their duty, assuring that they would continue to get their salaries. At an administrative review meeting in Paschim Medinipur district, the chief minister, addressing the protesting teachers, said: 'Why are you sitting under the scorching sun? Go back to school. Take classes peacefully. You don't have to worry about your salary. Those who are inciting you will not pay you. The government will pay your salary.' Assuring that the government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court for reinstatement of their jobs, Banerjee asked them not to press for the release of the 'tainted' and 'untainted' list of candidates. On April 3, the top court invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and staffers at state-run and aided schools, calling the entire selection process 'vitiated and tainted'. The state government had earlier promised to release the list of 'tainted' and 'untainted' candidates of the 2016 SSC examination by April 21 (Monday) but failed to do so. 'I have spoken to them (protesting teachers) at least 10 times since yesterday evening. If I was in Kolkata, I could have settled it in a second. Some people are adamant on getting the list of tainted and untainted published. Why are you stepping into all these? You don't need to see who is eligible and who is not eligible. The state government is there to see that. There are courts. We will see what the court says. You work, you need to see whether you have a job or not. You need to see whether you are getting paid or not,' she said. 'You can trust us on this. Trust those who have given back jobs. Don't trust those who are taking away jobs… A few people are sitting in Bengal, just to take away jobs. They don't do the people's work. They just go to courts and file PILs (Public Interest Litigation). The court is not responsible for this. We give jobs, and they take it away,' the CM said without taking names of the Opposition parties. In Kolkata, state Education Minister Bratya Basu clarified that the government after consulting with legal experts, decided against publishing the list of 'tainted' and 'untainted' candidates, saying it would amount to 'contempt of court'. 'The state government is with the agitating teachers. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has assured all sorts of help. We are working in the interest of those who lost their jobs, and will continue to do so,' he said. 'We are filing a review petition. So, I request the agitating teachers not to act in any way that may weaken our petition, violate the Supreme Court's order, or result in contempt of court by them or us,' he added. 'The Government will not take any strict action. We believe in talks. Have we used any force? We are hopeful that they will sit for talks. We are cooperating, but they have gheraoed the SSC office and are not allowing them to work. How can both happen? We don't want a single innocent person to suffer. We would like them to withdraw the strike immediately,' Basu added. Basu refuted allegations that anything had been said about the first three counselling lists being untainted. 'Why are they (the protestors) talking about counselling when that was not even given in the Supreme Court's order? The SC has clearly said that those who are not tainted can go to school. They are calling for trouble for their review petition,' he added. Meanwhile, after the meeting with SSC officials late Tuesday evening, Chinmoy Mondol, a leader of the protesting school staff, said: 'They ( SSC) cleared that all untainted teachers, irrespective of counselling, will get salary and take classes. We are not satisfied with this. Tomorrow, the court is going to hear a petition on OMR sheets publication. We are waiting for the hearing. We want a certified list and publication of OMR sheets, or our protest will continue.' PTI adds: Protesting teachers Tuesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of making 'false promises of job security'. They also alleged that the SSC has lost all credibility after its failure to publish the list of untainted candidates and, by extension, identify the deserving teachers, by the deadline of 6 pm on Monday. 'The CM asked us not to be apprehensive about the list of the tainted and untainted. She said the government will take care of that. After they fail to come up with the list of untainted candidates on the SSC website as promised on April 22, do they have any more credibility?' Samirul Islam, a retrenched teacher of Malda district, told PTI, sitting in front of the SSC office. He alleged that the state government is only trying to buy time so that the movement fizzles out. Dipankar Bhowmik, a jobless teacher of Dakshin Dinajpur district, said, 'What she has claimed will not stand judicial scrutiny.'
