Kolkata: The number of applications for teaching positions in state-run schools in West Bengal for the School Service Commission (WBSSC)-initiated recruitment drive has nearly doubled in 2025 compared to the figure in 2016, figures from the enlistment authorities suggest.

The enhanced application quantity was registered notwithstanding the fact that large-scale corruptions in the state’s school education sector prompted the Supreme Court to scrap the entire panel of the WBSSC’s 2016 appointments and order fresh recruitment.

Senior officials of the WBSSC told PTI on Tuesday that around 5.9 lakh candidates applied for the 35,726 assistant teacher posts at secondary and higher secondary levels in state-run and state-aided schools. The corresponding figure in 2016 was around 3.16 lakh.

The online application portal, launched as per Supreme Court directions on June 16 to facilitate the process with the original July 14 deadline, expired at midnight on July 21. The top court mandated the West Bengal government and the commission to complete the recruitment process before December 31 this........

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