The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) for primary schools, bringing relief to more than 300,000 applicants and intensifying calls for recruitment ahead of the Durga Puja festival.
The chief minister also pulled up the state education minister Bratya Basu for taking such a decision, without consulting her.
Around 100 delegates are attending a five-day state level training workshop on fundamental literacy and numeracy for primary teachers at Salt Lake stadium.
After several controversies over the teachers' recruitment at various levels, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) has decided to make the recruitment process of primary teachers in state-run schools "totally transparent" through video-recording of the selection process.
