West Bengal Higher Education dept notification sparks

A notification issued by the West Bengal government seeking information from job aspirants of government-aided colleges and universities about their country of origin has stoked a controversy with teachers' associations expressing outrage.

The notification issued by the West Bengal higher education department has asked candidates to mention if they originally hail from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal or any other country.

It comes at a time when the ruling Trinamool Congress is opposing the CAA-NPR and the proposed NRC.

Schedule 1 of verification roll of the notification, issued in last week of February, asks the candidates applying for teaching and non-teaching jobs to write if he/she is "originally a resident of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal or any other country, and the address in that dominion of migration to Indian Union."
He also wondered, "What does details regarding a female candidate's ovaries and uterus, and chest details of a male candidate, for getting a medical certificate has to do with one's teaching abilities? This is demeaning for an individual and insensitive."