The results of the state eligibility test (SET) which were scheduled to be declared this month have been deferred till further notice, Dipak, Kar, chairman of Bengal's college service commission, said on Sunday.

The SET, held on January 19 this year, is to recruit assistant lecturers of state-aided colleges. “The date for declaring the results of SET 2020 will be announced after the lockdown is over,” said Kar.

Nearly 62,000 candidates had appeared in the test. Aspiring college teachers are eligible to apply for teaching posts only if they clear the SET or the national level NET, conducted by the University Grants Commission.

The evaluation of the SET answer scripts were completed by end February, Kar said.

The results are declared after UGC’s approval. A UGC team was to come to the city last week to examine the results but had to postpone their visit, an official of the West Bengal College Service Commission said.

The team is likely to visit in the end of April, once the lockdown is over.