KOLKATA: About 91% of 3.2 lakh enrolled candidates appeared for West Bengal SSC’s School Level Selection Test (SLST) for recruitment of assistant teachers for classes 9 and 10 under tight security Sunday, reports Poulami Roy. The exam was held to fill vacancies after Supreme Court on April 3 cancelled the appointment of 25,573 teachers and staff recruited through the 2016 SLST.Tuhina Parvin Mandal, a dismissed teacher from the 2016 panel, told TOI, “We feel deprived. In 2016, I appeared for the exam and secured a job based on my merit, but after so many years, I suddenly lost it without any fault of mine. I tried my best to concentrate, and the paper was good, but I don’t know whether I will crack it this time because we had very little time to prepare.”Munmun Haldar from South 24 Parganas, a fresher, said, “As we heard so much about corruption, I am a little concerned. This time, the recruitment should be based only on merit, nothing else.”The recruitment test for assistant teachers of classes 11 and 12 will be held Sunday.
