The West Bengal School Service Commission ( SSC) has started preparing for a fresh round of teacher recruitment after the Supreme Court annulled the previous process involving over 25,000 appointments. The top court had described the selection process as “vitiated and tainted”, and has now directed the commission to advertise for a new examination by May 31, 2025, and complete recruitment by December 31, 2025.
To avoid a repeat of the irregularities that led to the cancellation of appointments, SSC is working on overhauling its recruitment system, ToI reported.
According to sources cited by ToI, candidates are likely to be given copies of their OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) answer sheets once the exam is conducted. These will be stored by the commission for future reference. Provisional and final answer keys will also be released before the results are declared to allow candidates to cross-check their performance and raise objections if needed.
An official of the school education department said, “All major revisions were made in the draft copy that the SSC created in 2022, where minor modifications may be made as required.” Officials began reviewing the draft rules after the court order.
Learning from the legal and procedural issues faced in the current recruitment cycle, the SSC is now focusing on building a transparent and secure evaluation system. The publication of both provisional and final answer keys, combined with the release of individual OMR sheets, is intended to reduce future legal disputes and strengthen credibility.
The commission is also upgrading its internal systems to support the fresh recruitment. This includes enhancing infrastructure and increasing digital storage capacity to manage data and exam-related records more efficiently.
The SSC has submitted a list of "tainted" and "other candidates" to the school education department. Based on this list, the department is expected to issue an order soon to separate them, which will be followed by the disbursement of pending salaries to eligible candidates. Sources indicated that these administrative issues will be resolved before the new academic session so that eligible candidates—who were allowed by the Supreme Court to continue teaching—can receive their dues.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court extended the services of the “untainted” teachers until December 31. These teachers, who were previously among the 25,753 whose appointments were declared invalid by the April 3 verdict, expressed concern over the uncertainty of their future. Some called the extension a “short-term relief”.
Education Minister Bratya Basu urged the affected teachers not to worry. He assured them of the state government’s support in the ongoing legal process.
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, took into account the state’s submission that mass terminations would disrupt the teaching process in state-run and aided schools. The court accepted the state’s plea and allowed the untainted teachers to continue till the end of the year.
With a deadline now in place, the commission is racing to build a recruitment system that can withstand scrutiny and restore confidence in the selection process.
(With ToI inputs)
To avoid a repeat of the irregularities that led to the cancellation of appointments, SSC is working on overhauling its recruitment system, ToI reported.
According to sources cited by ToI, candidates are likely to be given copies of their OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) answer sheets once the exam is conducted. These will be stored by the commission for future reference. Provisional and final answer keys will also be released before the results are declared to allow candidates to cross-check their performance and raise objections if needed.
An official of the school education department said, “All major revisions were made in the draft copy that the SSC created in 2022, where minor modifications may be made as required.” Officials began reviewing the draft rules after the court order.
Learning from the legal and procedural issues faced in the current recruitment cycle, the SSC is now focusing on building a transparent and secure evaluation system. The publication of both provisional and final answer keys, combined with the release of individual OMR sheets, is intended to reduce future legal disputes and strengthen credibility.
The commission is also upgrading its internal systems to support the fresh recruitment. This includes enhancing infrastructure and increasing digital storage capacity to manage data and exam-related records more efficiently.
The SSC has submitted a list of "tainted" and "other candidates" to the school education department. Based on this list, the department is expected to issue an order soon to separate them, which will be followed by the disbursement of pending salaries to eligible candidates. Sources indicated that these administrative issues will be resolved before the new academic session so that eligible candidates—who were allowed by the Supreme Court to continue teaching—can receive their dues.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court extended the services of the “untainted” teachers until December 31. These teachers, who were previously among the 25,753 whose appointments were declared invalid by the April 3 verdict, expressed concern over the uncertainty of their future. Some called the extension a “short-term relief”.
Education Minister Bratya Basu urged the affected teachers not to worry. He assured them of the state government’s support in the ongoing legal process.
The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, took into account the state’s submission that mass terminations would disrupt the teaching process in state-run and aided schools. The court accepted the state’s plea and allowed the untainted teachers to continue till the end of the year.
With a deadline now in place, the commission is racing to build a recruitment system that can withstand scrutiny and restore confidence in the selection process.
(With ToI inputs)
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