International Desk: 36 thousand government primary school teachers lost their jobs in one day in West Bengal, India. On Friday (May 12), they lost their jobs following an order of the Calcutta High Court in a case of corruption in the recruitment of teachers. Anandabazar newspaper said this in a report.
According to the report, the recruitment process for 36,000 untrained teachers who passed the 2014 TET examination began in 2016. BJP leader and lawyer Tarunjyoti Tiwari and the disqualified candidates filed a case in court alleging corruption in the examination and recruitment nine years ago.
Job aspirants say that the 2014 TATE exam guidelines said that trained (BEd, DLed) candidates would get preference. Accordingly, 42,500 people were recruited. But it is evident that many trained candidates did not get jobs. Only 6,500 trained people and 36,000 untrained people got jobs.
Meanwhile, according to the court order, within the next three months, the work of recruiting 36,000 vacant teachers must be completed. During this period, 36 thousand teachers who have lost their jobs will be able to go to school and teach for the next four months so that students do not face problems. But they will get a salary in the pay scale for assistant teachers.
It is also said that these 36 thousand teachers will not be able to participate in the new recruitment process. Because they did not follow the basic criteria for recruitment. As a result, they will lose their jobs.
Such a judgment of the High Court has created an uproar across West Bengal. Together, there is uncertainty about the future of 36,000 primary teachers.
