WBSSC notice for recruitment of 35,726 school teachers

The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has issued a notification for the recruitment of 35,726 assistant teachers in Classes 9-10 and 11-12 in state-aided and government-sponsored schools, in adherence to the Supreme Court’s directive to initiate the process by May 31.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

According to the notice uploaded late Thursday night on the official WBSSC website, the recruitment will include 23,212 posts for Classes 9-10 and 12,514 posts for Classes 11-12. In a significant clause, the notice stipulated the age limit from 21 to 40 years.

Online applications will be accepted from June 16 to July 14, with the written examination scheduled for the first week of September. "Upper age limit is, however, relaxable by 5 years for scheduled caste/scheduled tribe candidates, 3 years for backward class candidates and 8 years for physically handicapped candidates,” the notice said.

Candidates will be given carbon copies of OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) sheets, while the WBSSC will preserve scanned images of OMR sheets for 10 years. Merit panels will be prepared subject-wise, medium-wise, gender-wise, category-wise on the basis of marks obtained in the written test, oral interview and lecture demonstration. It will be published on the official website, the notice said.