The Calcutta High Court has asked Ankita Adhikary, daughter or Minister of State for Education, Parsh Adhikary to return salary she has earned so far by working as a ‘teacher’ by June 7. She has been asked to discontinue her job. Court also said that she will not be able to call herself teacher anywhere.
This decision comes during the hearing of one of the many cases of irregularities in appointing teachers in West Bengal. The particular case was highlighted by Babita Sarkar – a job aspirant who cracked the recruitment exam and was at 20th spot in the waiting list but mid-counselling her rank was given to Ankita Adhikary allegedly because of her father’s influence.
Both the minister and his daughter were questioned by CBI for two consecutive days.
Ankita Adhikary was a teacher at Indira Girls High School, Cooch Behar. Students of the school say they are happy with the court’s order of dismissing Adhikary from the job. “If we also grow up and we see discrepancy in the recruitment process, it will definitely effect us. It’s good that the court has given such an order,” said of the class 11 students of the school where Adhikary taught.
“If this is the case, poor people who do not have any money or influence, how can they get jobs? We welcome the court’s direction. We don’t want politics to come in between jobs and education,” said another student of the school.
Speaking Exclusively with News18, Babita Sarkar a mother of two who has been looking for job since years said she just want her job that too by following the right path. She says, she will fight till the end. “For last five years, I am running from pillar to post to get a job. and to see that somebody can easily get that job using influence (is disheartening),” she said in an exclusive interview with News18.com.
Not just Adhkary, the then Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is also under radar. The former West Bengal education minister and senior TMC leader Partha Chatterjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the verdict of Calcutta High Court Division Bench. There are against Chatterjee for using influence in the West Bengal government job. The now Industry Minister was questions for three hours by CBI for over alleged involvement in recruitment scam.
Meanwhile, West Bengal SSC has notified 6861 supernumerary posts of assistant teachers in aided and sponsored schools. The selected teachers will be selected to teach in classes 9, 10, and 11. Out of the total, 1932 posts is of assistant teachers for classes 9 and 10, 247 for classes 11 and 12, 1102 posts of grade C and 1980 posts of grade D. Further, 750 supernumerary seats have been created for work education teachers and 850 for physical education teachers.
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