Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ordered retirement of non-performing teachers after students performed poorly in this year's matriculation and Intermediate exams. Facing massive embarrassment, the CM said that according to him, non-performing teachers are the main reason for the worsening education system in the state.

This decision was taken by the CM after a review meeting of the education department today.

"This year's matriculation and intermediate results were very disappointing. In today's meeting we have decided to identify those schools across the state which have performed very poorly in recent examinations. Then the government will act against teachers of such schools and district education officers of that district," said Anjani Kumar Singh, Chief Secretary of Bihar.

The chief minister has ordered to set up a three member committee that will be preparing a list of teachers who have been non-performers for past several years.

This decision of the state government is likely to impact approximately 5,000 teachers, both permanent and on contract. The government also intends to forcefully retire those teachers on contract who have failed to clear the Teacher's Eligibility Test in last three years.

"There is a provision in the government that if any teacher has attained the age of 50 and his or her performance is not satisfactory, they have been asked to retire compulsorily. We will use this provision in case of non-performing teachers aged above 50," Singh said.

The decision of the state government is likely to trigger a massive protest from the teachers in days to come.

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