WBSSC releases interview list for 20,500 teacher recruitment candidates

The West Bengal School Service Commission on Saturday uploaded the interview list of 20,500 candidates who qualified in the teacher recruitment test for classes 11 and 12 in state-run and state-aided higher secondary schools held on September 14.

A senior SSC official said the list, containing the names and roll numbers, has been uploaded on the WBSSC website and a helpline portal.

"Around 20,500 candidates have been called for the interview after mandatory verification," he said.

"The interview list has been prepared based on three criteria: how a candidate has scored in the written test (60 marks), teaching experience (10 marks) and eligibility (10 marks)," he said.

The interviews will follow a 1:1.6 ratio, meaning for 100 posts in each subject, 160 candidates will be called.

The September 14 test was held in 478 centres for 35 subjects each having 60 marks.

The official said most of the 'untainted' candidates of the 2016 test, among the 26,000 whose jobs were invalidated following the April 3 Supreme Court order, figure in the interview list to fill up the vacancies in 12,445 posts for classes 11-12.

The verification process before interview will begin from November 18, the official said.