<p>Kolkata: Hundreds of school teachers, who have been rendered jobless by a Supreme Court order, on Thursday staged protests in front of the state Education department office in Salt Lake demanding restoration of their jobs.</p>.<p>The protestors gathered in front of Bikash Bhavan in Salt Lake, the office of the education minister, disrupting traffic movement.</p>.Mamata announces financial aid for protesting Group C, D non-teaching staff amid school job loss.<p>Police put up barricades on the approach road to the office building, which the protestors tried to break through, demanding restoration of their jobs.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court upheld a Calcutta High Court order that invalidated the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal, due to irregularities in the 2016 recruitment process.</p>.<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced payment of monthly allowances on a temporary basis to Group C and Group D employees whose appointments were terminated by the Supreme Court in the wake of the cash-for-jobs scam in state-run schools.</p>.School jobs: West Bengal education department questions maintainability of contempt petition before Calcutta High Court.<p>Banerjee announced Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000 to the jobless Group C and Group D employees, respectively, out of a newly launched West Bengal Livelihood and Social Security Scheme under the state labour department..</p>.<p>The scheme, which was approved by the state cabinet, would come into effect from April 1, 2025, the CM said.</p>
<p>Kolkata: Hundreds of school teachers, who have been rendered jobless by a Supreme Court order, on Thursday staged protests in front of the state Education department office in Salt Lake demanding restoration of their jobs.</p>.<p>The protestors gathered in front of Bikash Bhavan in Salt Lake, the office of the education minister, disrupting traffic movement.</p>.Mamata announces financial aid for protesting Group C, D non-teaching staff amid school job loss.<p>Police put up barricades on the approach road to the office building, which the protestors tried to break through, demanding restoration of their jobs.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court upheld a Calcutta High Court order that invalidated the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal, due to irregularities in the 2016 recruitment process.</p>.<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced payment of monthly allowances on a temporary basis to Group C and Group D employees whose appointments were terminated by the Supreme Court in the wake of the cash-for-jobs scam in state-run schools.</p>.School jobs: West Bengal education department questions maintainability of contempt petition before Calcutta High Court.<p>Banerjee announced Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000 to the jobless Group C and Group D employees, respectively, out of a newly launched West Bengal Livelihood and Social Security Scheme under the state labour department..</p>.<p>The scheme, which was approved by the state cabinet, would come into effect from April 1, 2025, the CM said.</p>