SSC issues merit list of over 14,000 candidates to recruit teachers at upper primary level

The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) has published a merit list comprising of over 14,000 names for the recruitment of teachers at the Upper Primary Level, according to a report by PTI. The list has been published following an order of the Calcutta High Court.

According to SSC Chairman Siddhartha Majumdar, the counselling process for the recruitment of these candidates will begin before the Durga Puja festival next month, the PTI report mentioned.

The candidates whose names have been been shortlisted had appeared in the State Level Selection Test (SLST) conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in 2016 to recruit teachers at the Upper Primary Level schools. The interview list was published on August 24, 2019 and the merit list on October 4.

However, due to legal challenges over irregularities before the high court which has annulled the entire process and directed the SSC to conduct the mechanism afresh following rules.

The order of the single bench was contested as 36 appeals were filed before a division bench and a following a directive of the court, the SSC in June 2021 published a new interview list, revealing a total of 14,339 vacancies, excluding those reserved for para-teachers.

The dissatisfied candidates again moved the high court and it passed an order on August 28 directing the SSC to publish the merit list within four weeks.