New Delhi, April 7 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday there is a "conspiracy going on to destroy the education system". Her statement came after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court's order cancelling the appointment of over 25,000 staff by the School Service Commission (SSC) in Bengal's schools.

Hundreds of people who lost their jobs as teaching and non-teaching staffers in West Bengal government-run and aided schools queued up at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Monday for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata Banerjee met the teachers and told them, "There is a conspiracy going on to destroy the education system. Teachers of classes 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th are the gateways to...