SSC Teacher Recruitment 2026: Counseling Delayed, Jobs Uncertain Amidst Exam Season

• Teacher recruitment counseling for 12,445 posts is delayed as the School Education Department has not provided subject-wise and caste-wise vacancy lists.
• The School Service Commission (SSC) must complete counseling and recommendations for classes IX-XII by August 31, as per an affidavit to the Supreme Court.
• Despite a January 15 deadline for recommendation letters and December 26 for document verification, the process has not started.
• The delay is compounded by ongoing Madhyamik and Uchha Madhyamik examinations, with state assembly elections approaching.
• SSC sources indicate counseling for classes XI-XII might start in the third week of February, but matching vacancies are still awaited.