Over 250 primary and secondary ‘probationary assistant school teacher candidates’ from all over Maharashtra have finally received their appointment letters from the BMC. The civic body had deprived these candidates, who had cleared the Maharashtra Teacher Aptitude and Intelligence Test (MahaTAIT) held in 2017, of jobs in BMC-run primary and secondary schools as they studied in Marathi medium schools instead of English.

The Maharashtra Students Union (MASU) had raised the issue with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who assured full support and directed BMC Commissioner I S Chahal to look into the matter. While Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials were in talks with state government officials, MASU moved the Supreme Court with a special leave petition which worked in favour of the candidates. mid-day in a series of reports highlighted the plights of these candidates.