Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- The High Court (HC) has cancelled the process of appointing 6, 531 candidates as assistant teachers of government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.

An HC bench consisting of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Shikdar Mahmudur Raji passed the order after hearing a petition on Thursday.

The court also directed the authorities to start a fresh recruitment process based on merit.

On June 14 in 2023, the government issued a circular for recruiting assistant teacher for the primary schools in both divisions.

On October 31 last year, the government published the final results of the recruitment test declaring 6, 531 candidates as successful.

Later, 30 candidates submitted a petition with the HC challenging th...