Two school teachers in Ballia faced dismissal after officials found they had been working without valid qualification for the past over 20 years.

Dhananjay Singh and Arun Kumar Pathak were working as teachers in P D Inter college Gayghat in Ballia on the basis of certificates of 'Shiksha Visharad' of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad, District Inspector of Schools (DIOS) Brijesh Mishra said on Friday.