Case Filed Again Just After SSC Exam Results! Job Aspirants in High Court Over Alleged Question Paper Errors

SSC Teacher Recruitment: Even after the long-awaited results of the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment exam were published, controversy continues to follow. The results of the exam, held this past September, were released in early November. However, immediately after the results were out, a section of job aspirants approached the Calcutta High Court, alleging errors in the question paper. As a result, the state’s teacher recruitment process is now facing a new legal hurdle.

The teacher recruitment process in the state had been stalled for a long time due to legal complications. Finally, overcoming those hurdles, the SSC conducted the examination for recruiting teachers for ninth-tenth and eleventh-twelfth standards on September 18. The results were declared on November 7. The future of thousands of job candidates depended on this outcome. But a section of these candidates has alleged that there were serious errors in the question papers of multiple subjects.

New Case Filed in High Court

A new case has been permitted to be filed in Justice Amrita Sinha’s bench after her attention was drawn to the allegations of errors in the question paper. According to the petitioner’s lawyer, Firdous Shamim, there were incorrect questions in several subjects, which could potentially impact the final results.

Which Subjects Had Alleged Errors?

According to the lawyer’s complaint, the following subjects had erroneous questions:

• Education: 2 incorrect questions.
• History: 1 incorrect question.
• Geography: 3 incorrect questions.

It is understood that the lawsuit has been filed demanding either the award of full marks for these questions or their cancellation.

Endless Controversies Surrounding Recruitment

Controversies and court cases over teacher recruitment have become a regular affair in West Bengal. There have been allegations ranging from nepotism and jobs-for-cash scams to serious charges like OMR sheet manipulation. From primary to higher secondary levels, almost every stage of recruitment has faced corruption allegations, leading to legal battles in court. Justice Amrita Sinha’s bench has heard several such cases.

Most significantly, thousands of teachers who had lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order also participated in this new recruitment exam. For them, this examination was the last chance to get their jobs back. Alongside them, new candidates were also hopeful. However, with a new case being filed even after a fresh examination, the entire recruitment process has once again been pushed into uncertainty. Lakhs of job aspirants in the state are now looking forward to the verdict of this case and how it will affect the recruitment drive.