Archive · 2 Sep 2026
West Bengal SSC Revises Teacher Merit List After OBC Quota Cut
West Bengal’s school recruitment commission is making a new list for higher secondary teacher jobs.
The list is being changed because the OBC reservation was reduced from 17% to 7%.
The earlier list was published on January 21.
It recommended 3,586 candidates for jobs among 12,445 posts.
Some candidates on that list may move up, move down, or lose their recommendation.
Candidates were asked to update their OBC sub-category details.
Interviews and counselling that were paused are expected to restart after the new list is published.
The commission will later prepare an interview list for 23,209 secondary-school posts.
The West Bengal Central School Service Commission is recasting the merit list for 12,445 higher secondary teaching posts.
The OBC reservation used in the recruitment process has been reduced from 17% to 7%.
The January 21 panel recommended 3,586 candidates, whose rankings or selections could change.
Interviews for 11 remaining subjects and suspended counselling are expected to resume after the fresh list is issued.
A secondary-level interview shortlist for 23,209 vacancies is likely by the third week of September.
- Who
- The West Bengal Central School Service Commission, teacher-job aspirants, and the state government.
- What
- The commission is recasting the higher secondary teacher merit list under a revised 7% OBC reservation.
- When
- The fresh Plus II list is expected next week; the secondary-level interview shortlist is likely by the third week of September. The reports reference a January 21 list and counselling suspended on August 13.
- Where
- West Bengal, with the commission’s recruitment process centered in Kolkata.
- Why
- The government changed the OBC reservation framework from 17% to 7%, requiring candidate data and merit panels to be revised.
Supporters of the revised reservation framework
Candidates affected by the merit-list changes
Reservation policy
Supporters of the revised reservation framework
The commission is revising recruitment to apply the government’s newer 7% OBC quota covering 66 communities.
Candidates affected by the merit-list changes
Candidates applied after being informed that the recruitment framework used a 17% OBC quota, so the change may alter their selection prospects.
Existing recommendations
Supporters of the revised reservation framework
Recasting the panel is intended to align the merit list, interviews, and counselling with the revised reservation structure.
Candidates affected by the merit-list changes
The commission has acknowledged that some of the 3,586 candidates already recommended could see changes in their candidature or ranking.
- Higher secondary vacancies
- 12,445 teaching posts
- Earlier recommendations
- 3,586 candidates were recommended under the January 21 panel
- Revised OBC quota
- 7% covering 66 OBC classes
- Earlier OBC quota
- 17%: 10% for OBC-A and 7% for OBC-B, covering 140 backward classes
- Secondary-level vacancies
- 23,209 teaching posts
- Counselling status
- Counselling for candidates who had completed interviews was suspended on August 13
- Completion deadline
- The Supreme Court has given the commission until May 31, 2027 to complete the recruitment
Sources
West Bengal SSC To Revise Merit List For 12,445 Higher Secondary Teacher Posts After OBC Quota Cut From 17% To 7%
Bengal: SSC likely to come out with reworked merit list for school teacher recruitment
