SSC job recruitment: Many sacked teachers stay away

Since the online application started for filling up vacant jobs of teaching staff for state-run schools in West Bengal, which have been lying vacant following the cancellation of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching following by the Supreme Court in April, the sacked "untainted" or "genuine" teachers continue to refrain from participating in the fresh recruitment process.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Bratya Basu, state education minister, today inaugurated the centralised admission portal at a function at Bikash Bhawan.

More than 4 lakh students will get admission in the undergraduate level in 460 state-run and state-aided colleges affiliated to 17 government universities across the state using the portal. The students can apply from 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Presidency and Jadavpur Universities, autonomous colleges, minority institutions, colleges offering law, fine arts, medicine, engineering, pharmacy and private colleges have been kept outside the purview of the centralised admission portal.

Mr Basu said each candidate can apply at 10 colleges. They will have to register themselves and will be given a password and unique identification number. They will not be charged anything for the registration. The portal is user-friendly, simple and transparent, Mr Basu said.

He said the centralised admission portal has been inaugurated within the stipulated time that has been fixed by the UGC.