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Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
WBBPE appeals against cancellation of appointment of 32,000 teachers
Kolkata: In an appeal against the cancellation of the appointment of 32,000 candidates in primary schools, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on Tuesday told the Calcutta High Court that there was no case of corruption in the 2016 recruitment process. Senior advocate Kishore Datta represented the WBBPE in its appeal against the order of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on May 16, 2023. The next hearing is on June 12. Datta argued, "Corruption was alleged for the 2014 and 2020 recruitment processes. We are dealing with the 2016 recruitment process. The petitioners had claimed that TET 2014 was the biggest scam, and Rs 14-20 lakh was taken for a job. This has nothing to do with the recruitment process of 2016. With regards to corruption, everything is related to TET 2014." The petitioners, "untrained and unselected" candidates, said during the last hearing that even though they were placed similarly to many other "untrained" candidates who were selected, they were not considered by the Board. They alleged that no aptitude test took place. In his arguments, Datta questioned whether Justice Gangopadhyay could have directed the dismissal of appointments when the petitioners did not include such a prayer in their plea. "The court took it upon itself to act as the prosecutor. First is the bar to undertake this kind of probe, and secondly, at whose instance. The HC should have restricted the pleadings… My case is that the judge became the prosecutor."
Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
As Indo-Pak border tensions escalate, summer vacations of govt-run schools in Bengal extended
The West Bengal school education department has extended the summer vacations of state government-run schools till May 31 in light of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Government schools in the state will now open on June 2. 'Considering the present situation, it has been decided that the summer vacation in the primary/upper primary/secondary/higher secondary schools including the schools in the Hill Subdivisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong District has been extended upto 31st May, 2025 The schools will reopen on 2 June, 2025 (Monday),' the notification stated. Schools under the West Bengal Board of Primary Education were to stay closed from May 2 to May 12, while schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education were to remain closed from May 12 to May 23. The extension applies to all government-run primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools. Due to the heat wave in the state, summer vacations had been preponed from April 30. The extension to the vacations has sparked concerns about whether or not the syllabus will be completed in time, especially for higher secondary students following a semester system. The first semester Class XII exams are scheduled in September. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had urged private English-medium schools in the state to declare summer vacations from May 9, citing the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the launch of Operation Sindoor. She had clarified that this was not an official order, but a request to the management of private schools. Banerjee issued the appeal just hours after the Indian armed forces launched missile strikes on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, targeting terrorist infrastructure, in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives on April 22. On the same day, four private schools in Kolkata had conducted evacuation drills to assess their emergency preparedness amid the heightened security concerns. The drills, conducted by National Cadet Corps (NCC) units, involved students practising rapid evacuation, assembling in safe zones, and returning to classrooms after an all-clear signal.
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Business Standard
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Calcutta HC to hear primary teachers' termination appeals on April 28
The Calcutta High Court will on April 28 take up for hearing appeals challenging the termination of around 32,000 jobs of primary teachers. The matter was mentioned on Monday before a division bench, comprising justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, before which the appeals were assigned by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam after another bench released the matter. The division bench said that the appeals by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and others, including some of those who were recruited, challenging the termination of jobs of primary teachers by a single bench, will appear before it on April 28 for hearing. Releasing the matter from its court on April 7, a division bench comprising justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De directed that the appeals be placed before Chief Justice Sivagnanam for assignment to a different bench. The division bench cited "personal reason" of Justice Sen for releasing the matter from its list for hearing. A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had on May 12, 2023, ordered the cancellation of the appointment of around 32,000 candidates who had not completed the teachers' training course when they were recruited as primary teachers through a selection process in 2016 on the basis of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) of 2014. A division bench had later stayed the single bench order terminating the jobs of around 32,000 teachers in West Bengal government-run and aided primary schools.
The Hindu
21-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Calcutta HC to hear primary teachers' termination appeals on Apr 28
The Calcutta High Court will on April 28 take up for hearing appeals challenging the termination of around 32,000 jobs of primary teachers. The matter was mentioned on Monday (April 21, 2025) before a division bench, comprising justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, before which the appeals were assigned by Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam after another bench released the matter. Also read | West Bengal recruitment scam The division bench said that the appeals by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and others, including some of those who were recruited, challenging the termination of jobs of primary teachers by a single bench, will appear before it on April 28 for hearing. Releasing the matter from its court on April 7, a division bench comprising justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De directed that the appeals be placed before Chief Justice Sivagnanam for assignment to a different bench. The division bench cited "personal reason" of Justice Sen for releasing the matter from its list for hearing. A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had on May 12, 2023, ordered the cancellation of the appointment of around 32,000 candidates who had not completed the teachers' training course when they were recruited as primary teachers through a selection process in 2016 on the basis of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) of 2014. A division bench had later stayed the single bench order terminating the jobs of around 32,000 teachers in West Bengal government-run and aided primary schools.
The Print
21-04-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Calcutta HC to hear primary teachers' termination appeals on Apr 28
The division bench said that the appeals by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and others, including some of those who were recruited, challenging the termination of jobs of primary teachers by a single bench, will appear before it on April 28 for hearing. The matter was mentioned on Monday before a division bench, comprising justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, before which the appeals were assigned by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam after another bench released the matter. Kolkata, Apr 21 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court will on April 28 take up for hearing appeals challenging the termination of around 32,000 jobs of primary teachers. Releasing the matter from its court on April 7, a division bench comprising justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De directed that the appeals be placed before Chief Justice Sivagnanam for assignment to a different bench. The division bench cited 'personal reason' of Justice Sen for releasing the matter from its list for hearing. A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had on May 12, 2023, ordered the cancellation of the appointment of around 32,000 candidates who had not completed the teachers' training course when they were recruited as primary teachers through a selection process in 2016 on the basis of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) of 2014. A division bench had later stayed the single bench order terminating the jobs of around 32,000 teachers in West Bengal government-run and aided primary schools. PTI AMR SOM This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
