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West Bengal Teacher Hiring Re-Run: First SLST Exam Held Under Tight Security

Traceable papers with tight screening aim to rebuild trust after the Supreme Court voided the 2016 hiring.

WBSSC tightens security for asst teacher recruitment exam to prevent paper leaks
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Aspirants check seating arrangement before they appear for the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) State Level Selection Test (SLST) examination, at a centre, in Kolkata, on Sunday. (PTI)
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Overview

  • Roughly 3.19 lakh candidates wrote the Classes 9–10 SLST across 636 centres, with gates closing at noon and extra time for specially abled examinees.
  • WBSSC embedded unique identifiers and barcodes on each question paper and OMR sheet, allowing rapid source tracing of any leak within about 30 minutes.
  • Candidates kept their question papers and carbon copies of OMR sheets for the first time, a transparency step intended to deter manipulation.
  • Security rules included metal-detector frisking, barcode admit-card scans, bans on electronic devices for all, and dedicated screening enclosures for women.
  • The commission denied paper-sale claims reported by BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, and police arrested one person in Paschim Medinipur over alleged false leak posts; the second-phase exam for Classes 11–12 is scheduled for September 14 to fill part of 35,726 posts.