Overview
- WBSSC reported 2,29,497 of 2,46,543 registered candidates appeared for the Class 11–12 test across 478 centres, with the exam day passing without reported glitches.
- Anti-cheating steps included barcoded question papers and OMR sheets, device bans, and carbon-copy OMRs for candidates, with physical OMRs to be preserved for two years and scanned records for ten.
- Provisional model keys are slated to be posted this week (IX–X first, XI–XII by September 20), a five-day objection window will follow, and interviews are scheduled to begin in November.
- The recruitment drive targets 12,514 vacancies for Classes 11–12 and 35,726 posts overall, drew roughly 5.66 lakh applicants, and saw 13,517 out-of-state candidates sit the second phase.
- The process follows the Supreme Court’s annulment of the 2016 recruitment that voided about 26,000 jobs, with 1,806 identified ‘tainted’ candidates barred from the fresh exams.