This is an archive article published on April 16, 2025
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Out of jobs, school staff out on streets to press their demands
The SC had annulled the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff recruited through the 2016 SSC examinations, terming the entire selection process "vitiated and tainted".
People who lost their school jobs take part in protest in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Express Photo/Representative image)
While sweets were distributed and new clothes worn on Bengali New Year, the occasion looked different for state school staff who just lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court order.
Surojit Pramanik, a non-teaching staff member at a school in Krishnanagar said, “I had taken a loan and bought a flat. We were supposed to have the house warming ceremony today, but that will not happen any longer. I don’t even know if I will be able to pay back the loan I have taken.”
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The SC had annulled the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff recruited through the 2016 SSC examinations, terming the entire selection process “vitiated and tainted”.
Aparajita Panda, a teacher in a Naihati school, said a large postion of her salary used to go to her mother’s cancer treatment. “For me, the biggest question is where will I get the money to pay for the medicines?” “This New Year I was not able to give anything to my parents, wife and my five-year-old daughter. I need to keep that money for food,” said Sham Singha who worked in a North 24 Parganas school.
People who lost their school jobs take part in protest in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Express Photo/Representative image) 
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