TET exam conducted in transparent manner, says Bengal minister after publication of result

Bengal education minister Bratya Basu on Friday asserted that state government is committed to ensuring 100 per cent transparency in recruitment of teaching and non-teaching employees, and urged everyone to steer clear of agents who fleece candidates promising jobs.

dressing a press meet here, following publication of Teacher Eligibility Test results, Basu said West Bengal Board of Primary Education h carried out all due procedures related to exam in a "transparent, fair and scientific manner".

"I am repeatedly requesting every candidate to be on guard and not fall into traps set by any third party, any agent. Do not pay money to any unauthorised person," he ded.

Board President Goutam Pal, who was also present at meet, said full marks have been allotted to ones who have attempted four questions that h printing flaws or mistakes in m.

Pal, who announced results of 2022 TET earlier in day, said over six lakh candidates h appeared for test, of which an estimated 1.5 lakh have qualified round.

Currently, 11,000 posts are vacant at primary level in state-sponsored and –aided schools, he noted.

To a question about a central agency retrieving OMR sheets of 2022 TET exam from residence of a TMC leer, Pal claimed that ones found do not tally with original sheet that was distributed among candidates last year.

re seems to be "some vested interests at play", trying to disrupt board's operations, he claimed.

TMC leer Kuntal Ghosh was recently arrested by Enforcement Directorate, which along with CBI is looking into a teacher recruitment scam, after OMR sheets were found in his residence.