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The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has announced new recruitment notifications specifically for teaching staff in secondary and higher secondary sections. This follows the Supreme Court's directive to the state to restart recruitment processes after cancelling 25,753 previously filled teaching and non-teaching roles, citing a failure to distinguish untainted candidates. Although the Supreme Court had emphasized the need for broad recruitment, notifications for non-teaching positions remain pending, prompting questions about staffing plans. Prospective applicants can submit applications from June 16 to July 14, with recruitment procedures spanning until November.

Key Points: WBSSC Announces Teaching Staff Recruitment Amid Job Cancellations

  • WBSSC issues teaching staff recruitment notice
  • Supreme Court cancels 25,753 school jobs
  • Non-teaching staff recruitment notification pending
  • Recruitment set for June 16 to July 14
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WBSSC job case: Notification for recruitment issued, only for teaching staff

West Bengal SSC initiates recruitment for teaching staff after Supreme Court invalidates prior job appointments, impacting over 25,000 positions.

"The entire panel had to be cancelled due to failures in segregating candidates. - Supreme Court Observation"

Kolkata, May 30

The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday issued notifications for fresh recruitment for vacancies in state-run schools, but only for the posts of teaching staff in the secondary and higher secondary sections.

While the notifications for fresh recruitment for 23,212 assistant teachers in the secondary section and 12,514 assistant teachers for higher secondary schools have been published, similar notifications for fresh recruitments for non-teaching staff in the Group C and Group D categories are yet to be published (at the time the report was filed).

Last month, a division bench of the Supreme Court, while cancelling 25,753 teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools, directed the West Bengal government to start the process of fresh recruitment for both teaching and non-teaching categories by May 31.

The Chief Minister, earlier this week, announced that the fresh notification would be issued on Friday. Accordingly, WBSSC issued the notice and uploaded it on its website on Friday, but only for the teaching staff in secondary and higher secondary categories.

As per the notification, the applicants will be able to make online applications for the desired posts from June 16 to July 14. The application fee for general category students will be Rs 500, and that for the reserved category will be Rs 200.

As per the notification, the written test for the recruitment will be in the first week of September, the results will be published in the fourth week of October. The interview will be conducted from the first week to the third week of November.

The panel will be published on November 24, and the counselling on November 29.

On April 3 this year, the Supreme Court’s division bench of erstwhile Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar upheld a previous order by the Calcutta High Court’s division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi cancelling 25,753 school jobs in West Bengal.

The apex court also accepted the observation of the Calcutta High Court that the entire panel of 25,753 candidates had to be cancelled because of the failure of the state government and the commission to segregate the “untainted" candidates from the "tainted" ones.

The state government and West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) have filed review petitions in the apex court on this issue.

- IANS

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Arjun P.
Finally some progress! But why only teaching staff first? Non-teaching staff are equally important for school functioning. Hope they issue notifications for Group C & D soon. The delay is causing unnecessary anxiety for many job seekers.
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Priya M.
The ₹500 application fee seems reasonable, but I hope this recruitment process is completely transparent. After the previous scam, WBSSC needs to regain public trust. Fingers crossed for deserving candidates this time! 🤞
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Rahul S.
Good to see the timeline is clearly mentioned - from application to final counseling. But September exam means candidates have just 3 months to prepare. They should consider extending the preparation period given the competition.
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Sunita K.
As someone who cleared the last exam fairly, only to have results cancelled, this gives me hope. But the government must ensure no malpractice this time. Our future shouldn't suffer because of someone else's corruption.
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Debashish N.
The Supreme Court did the right thing by cancelling tainted appointments. Now WBSSC has a chance to redeem itself. Hope they implement strict monitoring and digital verification at every stage to prevent irregularities.
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Mousumi B.
Why such hurry in conducting exams by September? Quality teachers need proper preparation time. Rushing the process might compromise standards again. Better to take time but get it right this time! #EducationMatters

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