After a long wait, the written examination for the recruitment of Group-C workers of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) was held in the state on Sunday, amidst tight security arrangements.
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to former West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) advisor Santi Prasad Sinha in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school jobs case in the state.
The Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha will be hearing a crucial case on the alleged and gross irregularities in the fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in the state-run schools of West Bengal.
The written examinations for fresh recruitment of teachers were conducted separately for the secondary and higher secondary sections in September this year, and recently, the results of both the written examinations have been declared.
A section of the SSC candidates moved Calcutta High court on Monday allegedly over the presence of tainted candidates in the recently-published SSC list of candidates for interviews.
Nearly nine years after the last recruitment test, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) is set to conduct the state-level teacher recruitment examinations again, beginning Sunday, with papers for Classes IX and X.
SSC is responsible for recruitment tests of teachers, group C and D employees in state government secondary and higher secondary schools across the state.
The high court also reprimanded such candidates for filling the petition and questioned their intention.
As the West Bengal School Service Commission released the list of ‘tainted’ teachers on its website, the immediate chain of events go back to the 3 April verdict.
The appointments were made through recruitments examination held by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.
