Bengal Teacher Recruitment Row: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with teachers who lost their jobs. The Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s order cancelling the appointment of over 25,000 staff in Bengal’s schools by the SSC West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "There is a conspiracy going on to destroy the education system. Teachers of classes 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th are the gateways to higher education...Many (teachers) are gold medalists, they have achieved great results in their lives, and you are calling them thieves. You are calling them incompetent, who gave you this right? Who is playing this game..."