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Bengal HS Council bars schools from exempting teachers from answer script evaluation | Education News

Bengal HS Council bars schools from exempting teachers from answer script evaluation | Education News

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2 min readNew DelhiMar 10, 2026 06:14 PM IST The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education has informed heads of government and aided schools that teachers cannot be granted exemption from higher secondary answer script evaluation duties this year due to a severe shortage of teachers at the secondary and higher secondary levels. In a letter sent to the institutions, the council said that the number of teachers in the state is very low vis-a-vis the actual number of students appearing in the examinations, making it necessary to engage all available teachers in the evaluation process. “You are aware of the fact that, in our state, at the secondary and higher secondary levels, the strength of teachers is critically low compared to the number of students. Therefore, the council can’t exempt any teacher from script evaluation duty,” the council said in a communication to the head masters on Monday.The letter further noted that requests to exempt someone from the evaluation responsibilities would generally not be approved, a council official said Tuesday. The semester-based higher …

Congress slams Kerala govt for exempting school mid-day meal scheme from obtaining food safety licence | India News

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The Congress in Kerala on Tuesday urged the state government to reverse its decision to exempt the mid-day meal scheme in state-run schools from obtaining the mandatory food safety licence. The Congress termed as “irresponsible and objectionable” the order issued by the General Education Department not to conduct quality inspections in schools with regard to mid-day meals. The opposition party also pointed out various incidents of food poisoning reported in state schools in recent times to raise its objection. In a letter sent to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan said the order, issued late last month, stated that children’s mid-day meal is not a business venture and so food safety licence is not required for it. Citing Section 3 of the Union Government’s Safe Food and Healthy Diet for School Children Regulation 2020, he said the quality of the food being served to children should be ensured. “It is the constitutional responsibility of the state government to implement the Central Food Security Act. The decision not to comply with …

KMC bill exempting schools from property tax gets Governor’s nod | Kolkata News

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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday gave his assent to ‘The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2023’, which exempts schools from paying property tax, a senior official said. “It is considered necessary and expedient to amend the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (West Ben. Act LIX of 1980), inter alia, for the purpose of making provision for exempting the lands or buildings comprising educational institutions, administered or aided, by the state government from payment of property tax,” the Bill, which was passed by the state assembly in September last year, states. “The Bill would bring clarity and transparency in the book of account of KMC as each year the government and government-aided schools generate more than Rs 10 crore unrealisable property tax bills,” Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim had said soon after the Bill was passed in the House. According to an official, there are currently 1,329 primary schools, 556 secondary schools, and 78 colleges in KMC jurisdiction, totaling around 1,963 premises. Although the state government covers salaries and other …

SC scraps govt notification exempting green nod for extraction of ordinary earth in linear projects | Latest News India

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The Supreme Court has struck down a March 2020 notification of the Union environment ministry that exempted green clearance for extraction of ordinary earth for linear projects such as laying of roads and pipelines. The bench’s order on Thursday came on a petition by environmental activist Noble M Paikada, who had initially challenged the 2020 notification before NGT that dismissed the appeal. (ANI) Terming the notification “unguided and arbitrary”, a bench of justices AS Oka and Sanjay Karol on Thursday also questioned the “undue haste” that was shown by the Centre to issue the notification in “public interest”, as a nationwide lockdown was imposed days later in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and all linear projects had come to a halt. The nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25, 2020 and the notification was issued on March 28 that year. “We have no hesitation in striking down item 6 of the substituted Appendix-IX forming part of the impugned notification dated March 28, 2020 and item 6 of the amended impugned notification dated August 30, 2023. …