After a long wait, the written examination for the recruitment of Group-C workers of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) was held in the state on Sunday, amidst tight security arrangements.
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to former West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) advisor Santi Prasad Sinha in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school jobs case in the state.
The Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha will be hearing a crucial case on the alleged and gross irregularities in the fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in the state-run schools of West Bengal.
The written examinations for fresh recruitment of teachers were conducted separately for the secondary and higher secondary sections in September this year, and recently, the results of both the written examinations have been declared.
A section of the SSC candidates moved Calcutta High court on Monday allegedly over the presence of tainted candidates in the recently-published SSC list of candidates for interviews.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded the School Service Commission in West Bengal (WBSSC) for allowing “ineligible candidates” to appear in the recruitment examinations.
A section of jobless untainted teachers on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court (HC) directives on West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) notification for fresh recruitment of teachers in state government-aided schools.
Earlier this week, the Calcutta High Court’s Single-Judge Bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stated that the candidates already identified as 'tainted' should be excluded from the fresh selection process.
The ruling Trinamul Congress slammed the opposition parties in the state while reacting to the Calcutta High Court (HC) judgment on the state government's announcement for financial assistance to the jobless non-teaching Group C and D employees in schools.
A jobless teacher Prabeen Karmakar (34) died on Thursday at a rural health centre in Raghunathganj of Murshidabad district.
