WBSSC Releases Final Answer Keys for 11 Subjects in Assistant Teachers Recruitment Exam

MP, Kolkata, 26 Nov 2025 : The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has released the final answer keys for 11 subjects of the Class IX–X Assistant Teachers recruitment examination, the result of which was published on November 24. The exam, held on September 7 under the Second State Level Selection Test (SLST), saw 2,93,152 out of 3,19,961 candidates appear for 23,212 tentative vacancies.

Candidates had earlier raised concerns that several questions had more than one correct option, and in some cases, all four options were correct, though only one answer had been accepted in the provisional keys. The final answer keys released by the WBSSC have confirmed these discrepancies. Several questions now show two or three correct answers, while some were marked as "marks to all" or granted full marks for an attempt.

Candidates argue that such revisions blur the distinction between informed responses and guesswork, impacting the fairness of the evaluation. For instance, an English candidate pointed out that questions taken directly from the prescribed text had only one correct answer, yet marks were awarded to all answers.

Chinmay Mondal, a leader of Jogya Shikshak Shikshika Adhikar Mancha and an English candidate, noted that two English questions were marked “marks to all” despite having a clear correct option. Other subjects have also seen similar issues. Across subjects, English had two questions with two correct answers, Hindi had one "marks to all" and one with two correct answers, and Nepali had two questions with two correct answers. Life Science had a question with three correct answers, while Physical Science had questions with two correct options, one granting full marks on attempt and another where no option was correct.

Geography had two "marks to all" questions, one with three correct answers and another with two. Urdu had three "marks to all" and two with two correct answers. Telugu had one question with three correct answers and another marked "marks for all".

Candidates were evaluated based on the final answer keys. The preliminary interview list, which will combine written marks with academic and experience weightage, is still awaited.