Overview
- WBSSC shortlisted about 20,500 candidates for Higher Secondary teaching posts and published the list online, with interviews to follow at a 1.6:1 call ratio.
- Document verification starts November 18, intimation letters are downloadable from the commission portals, and absence on the assigned date leads to disqualification.
- The shortlist uses a weighted formula of written test (60 marks), educational qualification (10) and teaching experience (10) after a September 14 exam held across 478 centres for 35 subjects with roughly 2.29 lakh candidates.
- A petition before the Calcutta High Court alleges anomalies including inclusion of tainted candidates and improper award of experience marks to ineligible categories, with Justice Amrita Sinha listing the matter for November 19 after directing notices.
- The drive targets roughly 12,445–12,514 Higher Secondary vacancies within a broader 35,726‑post recruitment, as excluded untainted former appointees and fresh candidates press for greater transparency and more vacancies, including a planned protest march.