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The West Bengal College Service Commission was established by an Act passed in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1979. Its main functions are to select and recommend Assistant Professors, Librarians and Principals to all (nearly 500) the Government-aided Colleges in West Bengal, as well as to conduct the State Eligibility Test (SET). The Act of 1979 was revised in 2012 and 2017.
The activities of the Commission is being outlined as follows :
A. RECOMMENDATION OF PRINCIPALS
Recommendation for the Posts of Principal in Govt.-aided Colleges has been made nearly four hundred twenty two(422) in last 10 years as mentioned below.
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2013) FOR THE POSTS OF PRINCIPAL
Vacancy Status -214
Recommended – 126
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 2/2015) FOR THE POSTS OF PRINCIPAL
Vacancy Status -172
Recommended – 66
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 2/2017) FOR THE POSTS OF PRINCIPAL
Vacancy Status -150
Recommended – 66
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 2/2019) FOR THE POSTS OF PRINCIPAL
Vacancy Status -110
Recommended – 69
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2022) FOR THE POSTS OF PRINCIPAL
Vacancy Status -97
Recommended – 95
B. RECOMMENDATION OF ASSISTANT PROFESSORS & LIBRARIANS
In last 8 years more than seven thousand five hundred (7500) candidates have been recommended for Assistant Professors & Librarians in different Govt.-aided Colleges as mentioned below.
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2012) FOR THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & LIBRARIAN
| Vacancy Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 822 |
785 |
216 |
173 |
202 |
63 |
2261 |
| Recommended Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| * 847 |
676 |
70 |
111 |
177 |
26 |
1907 |
* Excess for City Group of Colleges
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2015) FOR THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & LIBRARIAN
| Vacancy Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 1092 |
1296 |
610 |
378 |
357 |
131 |
3864 |
| Recommended Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| * 1230 |
1153 |
131 |
310 |
357 |
79 |
3260 |
* Excess for City Group of Colleges
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2017) FOR THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN TEACHERS TRANING COLLEGES(B.Ed. Dept.)
| Vacancy Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 50 |
20 |
16 |
53 |
18 |
13 |
170 |
| Recommended Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 43 |
09 |
12 |
36 |
04 |
02 |
106 |
SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATION (ADVT NO 1/2018 & ADVT NO 1/2019) FOR THE POSTS OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & LIBRARIAN
| Vacancy Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 905 |
662 |
509 |
291 |
188 |
120 |
2675 |
| Recommended Status |
| UR |
SC |
ST |
OBC-A |
OBC-B |
PH/VH |
TOTAL |
| 905 |
583 |
275 |
281 |
182 |
97 |
2323 |
C. SET EXAMINATION
Since 1994 the West Bengal College Service Commission conducted University Grants Commission (UGC) accredited State Eligibility Test (SET) Examination on behalf of the Government of West Bengal.
The synopsis of SET mentioned below :
| YEAR OF ADVT. |
NO. OF APPEARED CANDIDATES |
NO. OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES |
PERCENTAGE OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES |
| 2013 |
26111 |
1643 |
6.29 |
| 2014 |
26380 |
859 |
3.26 |
| 2015 |
32207 |
1047 |
3.25 |
| 2017 |
43692 |
2842 |
6.5 |
| 2018 |
50908 |
3374 |
6.63 |
| 2019 |
48769 |
3586 |
7.35 |
| 2021 |
66017 |
4794 |
7.26 |
| 2022 |
68079 |
4931 |
7.24 |