CASE STUDY

MAHIDUL ISLAM, 34 Murshidabad

Educational qualification: MA in Political Science and BEd

Merit list rank: 55

Applied for teacher’s position in Class XI and XII

Current status: Earns nothing

Mahidul, a father of two, used to be a private tutor. But for the past three years, he has been agitating against the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers. In spearheading the protest, he has lost his students and income. “I

have mortgaged my wife’s jewellery to keep us going for the next few months. If I don’t get a job, I will have no option but to take a drastic step. I am not keeping well and doctors say if I don’t go for treatment, the ailment might take a turn for the worse,” he says.