Cabinet nod for 45,185 government jobs: 33,199 teaching posts across schools, says CM

The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to fill 45,185 vacant posts across government departments, including 33,199 teaching posts in schools.

“The cabinet has approved a proposal to recruit 45,185 people in the vacant positions of different departments. Of these, 33,199 would be recruited in schools, from primary to higher secondary. The recruitment bodies concerned would start the process immediately, and the exercise would be completed at the earliest,” said chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna on Wednesday.

This is the first major step by the BJP-led government to start appointments and fill vacant government posts according to its campaign promises ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.

In its first budget, the new Bengal government announced it would recruit 1 lakh people in the ongoing financial year, among whom 50,000 would be schoolteachers.

“This (Wednesday’s move) is the first major step by the new government to fulfil its promise to recruit people in the vacant positions of the government. This is the first time in recent memory when the cabinet approved so many recruitments. In the past 15 years, only casual workers were recruited,” said a bureaucrat.

According to senior officials, if the state government could complete recruitments fairly, it would give the BJP an edge in the 2029 Lok
Sabha polls.

“The main allegation against the previous Trinamool-led government was that it did nothing to generate jobs for the educated youths of the state. Furthermore, allegations of irregularities in the appointment of teachers in state-aided schools made the previous government unpopular,” said a retired bureaucrat.

The chief minister has been repeatedly promising that appointments would be transparent during the BJP’s regime.

The government has appointed Dushyanat Nariala, former chief secretary, as the chairman of the School Service Commission, and Anil Verma, retired IAS officer, at the helm of the West Bengal Public Service Commission. It also gave WBPSC the responsibility to conduct the recruitment exercise for the majority of the vacant positions in different departments.

“Both officers appointed at the helm of SSC and WBPSC are known for their integrity. It is expected that the recruitment process would be clean this time,” said a source.