Kolkata, Oct. 14 -- With Durga Puja round the corner, the West Bengal government on Wednesday cleared 45,185 posts across key departments, with recruitment to fill the vacancies set to begin soon, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said after a Cabinet meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna.
"Today's Cabinet meeting approved another 45,000-plus appointments, apart from the main resolution. A total of 45,185 appointments will be made," Adhikari said.
The School Education Department accounts for the bulk of the posts, with 33,199 vacancies. These include 4,473 primary assistant teachers, 6,590 upper-primary assistant teachers, 12,343 assistant teachers, 32 first-grade teachers, 23 postgraduate assistant teachers and 4,394 headmasters and hea...