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May 30, 2025, 01:29 PM - 4 min read
The West Bengal School Service Commission has issued a recruitment notice for over 35,000 teaching positions in state-aided schools, complying with a Supreme Court directive that termed the earlier selection process tainted. Online applications will be accepted from 16 to 17 June.
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May 29, 2025, 08:37 PM - 3 min read
Amid ongoing unrest over the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam, job-deprived teachers in West Bengal have announced a symbolic ‘half-naked’ protest march from Sealdah to Nabanna, the state secretariat, on Friday.
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May 16, 2025, 12:56 PM - 3 min read
Several teachers were injured as police resorted to lathi charge during a protest by SSC teachers in Kolkata on Thursday. The demonstration followed the Supreme Court’s decision to terminate over 26,000 teaching jobs in connection with a tainted recruitment process.
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April 19, 2025, 10:04 AM - 3 min read
A group of jobless teachers, rendered unemployed by the WBSSC recruitment scam, invited Sourav Ganguly to join their protest march to Nabanna. Police stopped them, taking them to a station. Ganguly declined, stating, “Please don’t involve me in politics,” amid the ongoing controversy.
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April 17, 2025, 02:43 PM - 4 min read
In a partial relief to West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed untainted teachers dismissed in the 2016 WBSSC recruitment scam to continue in service until fresh recruitment is completed. However, it denied similar relief to Group C and D employees and set a strict recruitment deadline.
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April 13, 2025, 02:17 PM - 3 min read
After four days of fasting and protest outside the SSC office in Salt Lake, jobless teachers from the 2016 batch have ended their hunger strike. Though the fast has ended, protestors vowed to continue fighting for justice through democratic means until recruitment processes become transparent.
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April 10, 2025, 03:50 PM - 7 min read
While the ruling may appear to be a necessary step toward cleansing systemic corruption, the indiscriminate nature of its execution has unleashed unprecedented suffering. The innocent have been bracketed with the guilty, honest educators penalised alongside those who manipulated the process.
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April 10, 2025, 01:10 PM - 4 min read
Teachers and school staff dismissed after the Supreme Court’s annulment of a 2016 recruitment drive began a relay hunger strike in Kolkata, alleging police brutality and administrative failure to separate fraudulent hires from legitimate ones. Protests spread to multiple districts, intensifying unrest across West Bengal.
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April 7, 2025, 03:13 PM - 5 min read
Teachers dismissed after the 2016 SSC scam verdict criticised the West Bengal government after meeting CM Mamata Banerjee, accusing it of symbolic gestures. While Banerjee alleged a conspiracy, the teachers demanded justice, calling the government’s offer of re-employment a “lollipop”.
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April 7, 2025, 12:29 PM - 4 min read
Chaos broke out at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday as jobless teachers clashed with police over alleged black marketing of entry passes for a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, organised amid the ongoing SSC recruitment crisis.
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April 5, 2025, 09:35 AM - 4 min read
A day after the Supreme Court quashed over 25,000 school appointments in Bengal, former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay suggested the formation of a state-appointed panel to distinguish deserving candidates from those who benefited through fraudulent means.
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April 3, 2025, 01:59 PM - 5 min read
The BJP has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the Supreme Court struck down the appointment of nearly 26,000 teachers, terming the recruitment process “vitiated and tainted.” Affected teachers, many of whom had qualified in 2016, expressed dismay, calling the verdict a crushing blow.
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