WBSSC to hold written exams for recruiting non-teaching staff in March

The School Education Dept received a green signal from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ to proceed with the exams, and accordingly, the notices are uploaded.

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the West Bengal School Service Commission will hold written examinations for non-teaching staff in state-run and state-aided schools on March 1 and 8, an official said on Thursday.

WBSSC to hold written exams for recruiting non-teaching staff in March (Bachchan kumar / HT file)

The School Education Department received a green signal from the state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ to proceed with the exams, and accordingly, the notices were being uploaded.

The written examination for Group C and Group D posts will be conducted on March 1 and March 8, respectively, the WBSSC official said.

There are 2,989 vacancies in Group-C and 5,488 in Group-D.

Around 16 lakh candidates have already applied for the two posts. Of them, approximately 8.13 lakh candidates have applied for Group-C posts, while about 8.20 lakh candidates have applied for Group-D posts.

The tests will be conducted across over 1,500 examination centres.

The Group-C written test will be of 60 marks and the Group-D test of 40 marks.

However, the SSC has made it clear that “tainted” non-teaching staff, whose jobs were invalidated in the SC order on April 3, 2025, will not be allowed to sit for the examinations.