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Fresh protests erupted successful Kolkata connected Monday (November 17, 2025) successful transportation with the caller recruitment of teachers successful West Bengal state-aided schools. Candidates person opposed galore non-teaching candidates getting further credits for ‘work experience’, erstwhile that recognition was to beryllium reserved for teaching experience.
A conception of petitioners has filed a lawsuit alleging that tainted candidates person besides made it into the merit database adjacent aft a Supreme Court bid barred them from the exams.
On Saturday (November 15, 2025), the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) released a database of implicit 20,000 candidates for shortlisted candidates for interviews for teaching adjunct posts for people 11 and 12. Candidates moved tribunal connected Monday (November 17, 2025) and raised questions astir however the tainted candidates were allowed to capable up forms, issued admit cards, and allowed to beryllium for exams erstwhile the apical tribunal specifically asked the West Bengal authorities to not let them successful the caller hiring process.
Many besides alleged that aggregate ‘untainted’ teachers person not made it to the interrogation list, and immoderate candidates with afloat marks successful their written trial person besides allegedly been near out.
“You indispensable summation the fig of vacant seats,” 1 of the demands enactment distant by the protesting candidates work connected their posters.
“We person seen a lof of ‘tainted’ teachers sanction connected the list. I anticipation they are taken retired during verification. Many person besides gotten other 10 marks for their ‘work experience’ from different fields, though this was expected to beryllium reserved for lone ‘teaching experience’. We anticipation these mistakes are rectified,” Chinmoy Mondal, a subordinate of ‘Joggya Sikkhak Sikkhika Adhikar Mancha’ (Deserving Teachers’ Rights Forum) said.
Candidates erupted successful protests astatine Salt Lake arsenic they demanded to caput to Bikash Bhawan (State Education Department Headquarters) to request an assemblage for their grievances, but were stopped by the police.
“A batch of candidates who person worked for 5-6 years and person ne'er taken portion successful immoderate scam person been near retired successful the merit lists. We person done nary wrong, past wherefore are we being scapegoated?” Mehboob Mondal, different protesting teacher said.
However, State Education Minister Bratya Basu asked the occupation seekers to person religion successful the process. “The papers verification process for the said candidates is scheduled to commence formally from November 18, 2025—a shining illustration of the transparency, robustness, and committedness successful our pledge to implicit the recruitment process by December,” helium further added successful his societal media post.
The merit lists of candidates who appeared for the adjunct teaching jobs for classes 9,10 are yet to beryllium published.
The exams took spot connected September 7 and 14 and the hiring process is to beryllium completed by December 31 arsenic per the apex tribunal order.
There are 15,403 ‘untainted’ teachers who person their anticipation pinned connected the caller recruitment process to reinstate their jobs, which were annulled aft the April 3 Supreme Court bid that cancelled the full 2016 panel, citing irregularities successful the hiring process.
In a related development, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, who has been arrested successful the schoolhouse recruitment scam, is taking bribes from jailhouse to fast-track the caller recruitment process. He urged the Enforcement Directorate to instrumentality contiguous enactment and shared a video which is allegedly of Mr Saha portion taking bribes. However, the authenticity of the video has not been verified.
