West Bengal to notify teacher recruitment after Durga Puja: Education minister
Press Trust of India | September 25, 2025 | 10:31 PM IST | 1 min read
WBBPE will issue a notification for recruitment of 13,421 vacancies of primary teacher posts.
KOLKATA : The West Bengal government will issue a notification for recruitment to 13,421 teacher posts after the Durga Puja festival, Education Minister Bratya Basu said on Thursday. He said it is good news for teaching job aspirants in the state in the festive season.
"On the initiative of the Honorable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal State Primary Education Council is set to issue a notification for recruitment to 13,421 vacant posts. The Council will begin the recruitment process right after the Puja! Best wishes in advance to all job seekers," Basu said in a post on X.
The results of the Teacher Eligibility Test ( TET ) 2023 were published by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education on September 24. Of the 2,73,147 candidates who appeared in the TET 2023 examination, a total of 6,754 or 2.47 per cent of candidates have qualified, a senior official of the Board said.
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The 2022 TET candidates, who are yet to get interview calls after cracking the exams, said during a protest earlier this month that there are 50,000 vacancies in primary-upper primary schools. This claim was rejected by the education minister who said the Board will soon notify about filling up the total number of vacant posts.
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