Traffic came to a standstill for nearly an hour along the busy Asutosh Mukherjee Road-Hazra Road crossing as protesters voiced their anger at being labelled "tainted" despite qualifying in the 2016 WBSSC Recruitment Test.
The authorities have issued a notice to the madrassa and asked the seminary to focus on other subjects besides Arabic and Persian.
UP: The madrassas were closed due to non-submission of documents for their recognition, officials said.
The data was provided by the secondary education department in response to the RTI application filed by a resident of the Tildhukri area. As per the data, 831 of the 910 sanctioned posts of principals are vacant in high schools.
As the allegation came to light, other students claimed that the teacher had dismissed the school cook from duty around a month ago, resulting in not getting any food in school since then.
Nepal: On Sunday, a clash erupted between the teachers and a few policemen during a demonstration for education reforms and a pay increase.
The school education director Ashish Kohli directed all those who took part in the protest and made "derogatory" remarks against the policy of the government be immediately identified and suspended.
Mamata Banerjee said that Group C employees would receive Rs 25,000 and Group D employees will get Rs 30,000.