West Bengal TET 2022: Registration for vacancy position begins today

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) begins registrations for vacancy position and launches an application portal for recruitment. Qualified Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) candidates can apply for appointment on- wbbpeonline and click on the link 'Application for Recruitment 2022' . The registrations will end on November 14, 2022 till midnight.

A total 11,765 vacancies are available, out of which 86 vacancies will be deducted as per the court order. The application fee for general candidates is Rs 150; OBC-A and OBC-B candidates is Rs 100; SC, ST and PH candidates is Rs 50. Recruitment of the candidates will be made in accordance with the WBBPE Recruitment Rules, 2016.

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"It is hereby notified to all concerned that online applications for recruitment are invited from TET qualified trained candidates including the appearing candidates for the session 2020-2022 in DElEd, special DEd, BEd courses in compliance with the order of the Hon'ble High Court, Calcutta, against state-wide vacancies for appointment to the posts of assistant teacher in government, government-aided, sponsored, junior and basic primary schools, against 11,765 number of vacancies." said WBBPE notice.

Currently, Hundreds of 'qualified' TET candidates, who claimed to have cleared Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in 2014, are staging a sit-in outside the office WBBPE office and demanding that they be given immediate job appointment letters and refuse to appear for the exam again. The board asked these candidates to re-appear in the TET exam this year and ruled out the possibility of directly recruiting candidates who qualified in their examinations but could not clear their interviews.

The West Bengal Police dispersed the protestors and imposed section 144 which prohibits the assembly of four or more people in an area. Around 500 protestors were removed from the location.