New Delhi: The Meghalaya Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Schools Association (MSSASA) has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its 1 September verdict mandating that all in-service teachers clear the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to retain their jobs.

The decision was made unanimously at an MSSASA meeting on 6 October, where it was decided to challenge the ruling’s retrospective application to long-serving teachers who had nearly reached the age of retirement, according to a report by the Press Trust of India.

Meghalaya isn’t the first state to voice its discontent. On 30 September, the Tamil Nadu government also filed a review petition against the ruling by a two-judge bench of the top court, which gave teachers two options. The first was to pass the TET to retain the

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