Overview

• The WBSSC closed its application window on July 21 after extending it by one week, receiving 5.8–5.9 lakh submissions for 35,726 assistant teacher positions.
• This year’s applications nearly doubled the 3.16 lakh received in the 2016 recruitment cycle.
• Selection tests are scheduled for September 7 for secondary and September 14 for higher-secondary roles in preparation for a December 31 completion mandate.
• Nearly 13,000 educators cleared of wrongdoing in the 2016 scandal have reapplied through the fresh recruitment process.
• The commission faces ongoing review petitions against the Supreme Court’s annulment order and a Calcutta High Court stay on reservation rule notifications that may affect category-wise applications.