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          Patna, April 19 (IANS) The Bihar government has sacked 151   primary school teachers after they failed to clear two consecutive eligibility   tests, officials Thursday said.The education department has ordered that   they be sacked after they failed two consecutive eligibility tests conducted in   2010 and 2011 by the State Council for Educational Research and Training.
 
 |  "These teachers have been sacked," said Asutosh, director, primary education,   who had issued the order. They were tested for knowledge of English,   Mathematics, Hindi and General Knowledge for up to Class 5.
 Education   officials in various districts have been asked to comply with the order within   15 days.
 
 According to officials in the education department, however,   there is a provision for such action in regulations for recruitment of fixed pay   teachers in state-run schools.
 
 A few years ago, the state government had   sacked 15,000 teachers for having submitted fake degrees and certificates for   recruitment in state-run schools.
 
 Bihar has been conducting such   eligibility tests for school teachers since 2008.
 
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