“Any crime committed during recruitment should be condemned and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. However, treating teachers selected through fair means on par with tainted teachers is a serious injustice,” he said and pointed out that most “untainted” teachers have served for nearly a decade.”Terminating them will force lakhs of students into classrooms without adequate teachers. Their arbitrary termination will destroy their morale and motivation to serve, and deprive their families of what is often the sole source of income,” he said in his letter to Murmu dated April 7.In the letter, he added, “Madam, you have served as a teacher yourself. I am sure you understand the enormous human cost of this injustice – to the teachers, their families and their students.””I request you to kindly consider their request favourably and urge the government to intervene in the matter to ensure that candidates selected through fair means are allowed to continue,” Gandhi added.With the Supreme Court verdict causing widespread discontent, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has moved the top court seeking ‘modification’ in its order.
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