English Fetches Most Number of Illegal Teacher Recruitments in Bengal

Kolkata: As per the records of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), the highest number of illegal recruitments of teachers for government schools was for English.

Following the directive of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, the WBSSC has published the names of the 183 candidates who as per the commission got jobs of teachers illegally.

The highest number of illegally recruited teachers was for the English subject at 57. The illegal appointments for geography was 30, for life life science it was 22, for Bengali was 21, Mathematics and Physical Science had 18 illegal appointments each and for history 17 illegal recruitments were made. All these recruitments were made in 2016.

But the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also investigating WB school teachers’ recruitment scam, has submitted a separate list of illegally recruited teachers to the Calcutta High Court. According to CBI total number of illegal teacher recruitments in Bengal is 952.