India, May 30 -- The West Bengal government late on Thursday issued a notification to recruit 35,726 assistant teachers in state-run secondary and higher secondary schools ahead of the May 31 deadline set by the Supreme Court that cancelled the appointment of 25,752 school teachers and non-teaching staff from the 2016 panel.

According to a notice uploaded to the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) website late on Thursday evening, 23,212 teachers were going to be recruited for classes 9-10 and 12,514 for classes 11-12 in secondary and higher secondary schools, respectively.

While the written examination is likely to be held in the first week of September this year, the results are expected to be published in the fourth week of...