At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced The Commission publishes class-level and subject-wise vacancy lists received from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for each counselling phase rather than one consolidated figure; use the vacancy PDF for your class level and subject.
- Education
- Graduate · Postgraduate Subject- and class-level specific under the 2nd SLST (AT) 2025 notification; the Commission's notices reviewed here list subjects such as History, Geography, Mathematics, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Nepali and Bengali for Class Level IX-X and postgraduate subjects for Class Level XI-XII, but do not restate the qualification.
- Age
- As prescribed in the 2nd SLST (AT) 2025 notification; the Commission's counselling and verification notices reviewed here do not restate age limits. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- See the 2nd SLST (AT) 2025 notification for the category-wise application fee; it is not restated in the notices reviewed here. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- West Bengal Assistant Teacher pay as fixed by the School Education Department for the class level concerned. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2025-26 State · West Bengal
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Provisional panel and waiting list for Class Level XI-XII
21 Jan 2026
- completed
Schedule for first-phase (Part I) counselling, Class Level XI-XII
17 Feb 2026
- completed
Tentative schedule for counselling (XI-XII) and verification/interview (IX-X)
9 Mar 2026
- completed
Combined merit list for first-phase (Part II) counselling, Class Level XI-XII
19 Mar 2026
- current
Substitute-vacancy notice for first-phase (Part III) counselling
17 Apr 2026
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Recruitment is to Assistant Teacher posts in government-aided schools of West Bengal, at Class Level IX-X and Class Level XI-XII, through the Central and Regional School Service Commissions.
- Confirm subject, qualification, age and category rules from the 2nd SLST (AT) 2025 notification; nothing beyond the Commission's stage notices is asserted here.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Written examination for the class level and subject applied for
- 2Verification of documents and interview cum lecture demonstration
- 3Publication of the provisional panel and waiting list
- 4Phase-wise counselling against class-level and subject-wise vacancies received from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
Syllabus snapshot
- Use the official 2nd SLST (AT) 2025 syllabus and scheme published by the Commission for your class level and subject.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- West Bengal Central School Service Commission notice list for the 2nd SLST (AT), 2025
- Published / changed
- Latest substitute-vacancy notice dated 17 Apr 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:45 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.