Even amid 391 vacancies, a civic body regulation prevents those who haven’t done their primary schooling in English-medium schools from teaching in BMC schools of the same medium. The rule is blocking 252 eligible teachers from getting employment, even after they were shortlisted for the jobs through a government process, thanks to a faulty advertisement.

The 252 candidates have cleared the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) and the Teachers Aptitude and Intelligence Test (TAIT), which are the required qualifications. They were shortlisted for the jobs a little over a year ago. The positions include 150 primary and 102 secondary teachers. The aggrieved candidates have been knocking on all possible doors, but with no resolution.