Surplus Teacher Policy for Secondary Schools

Surplus Teacher Policy 2023, the Policy for rationalization of Teachers working in recognised non-Government aided /sponsored Secondary Schools in West Bengal, download the Surplus Teacher Policy 2023.

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  • Policy for Rationalization of Secondary School Teachers in West Bengal
  • Permanent posting of Surplus Teachers
  • Surplus of Primary School Teachers 2025, Memo No. 410-SED-13024/4/2024-ELEMN SEC Date: 07.11.2025, Total No. of 23145 Surplus Primary School Teachers, Intra-district rationalization process is to be done for smooth functioning of the Primary Schools under 22 DPSCs in the State
  • District wise Status of Surplus Primary Teachers as on 11.09.2025
  • Intra-District Rationalisation of Primary Teachers, Purba Medinipur DPSC, Memo No. 1927/ES Date: 18.11.2025
  • Rationalisation of Primary Teachers under DPSC Hooghly, Memo No. 2580/DPSC, Hooghly Date: 08.01.2026
  • Postponement of Teacher Rationalistion Process until further Order, The Chairman, DPSC North 24 Parganas, Memo No. 258/Admin Date: 17.06.2026
  • Rationalization of Primary School Teachers, Memo No. 638(23)-Sc/P  Date: 10.07.2026
  • Standard Operating Procedure for Transfer of Teachers from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Primary Teachers, As per Office Order Memo No. 936/Admin Dated: 15.07.2026, download SOP Blank Format
  • SOP for Transfer of Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Teachers, download SOP-2026 for Surplus
  • Collection and Submission of data for Rationalization of Primary Teachers, Chairman, Birbhum DPSC, Suri, Birbhum, Memo No. BDPSC/GEN/52/12/2026 Date: 21.07.2026
  • Hearing in connection with Administrative Transfer under Rationalization Policy for Secondary Schools, District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purba Bardhaman, Memo No. 229 Date: 23.07.2026
  • Collection and Submission of transfer application for rationalization of Primary Teachers, SOP & Transfer Application blank Format, Memo No. 936/Admin Date: 25.07.2026
  • Regarding processing of Transfer of Teachers and Non-teaching Staff from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Teachers, The District Inspector of Schools (SE), Kolkata, Memo No.1042/M Date: 27.07.2026
  • Circular on Transfer Policy for Health. The Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, No. 2181/HF/O/GA/W-71/2023  Date: 27.07.2026
  • Rationalization of Primary School Teachers, Chairman, Bankura DPSC, Memo No. 1850/49 Date: 27.07.2026
  • Rationalization of Primary Teachers on Intra-District Transfer, The Chairman in Charge, Purba Medinipur DPSC, Purba Medinipur, Memo No. 1013/ES  Date: 28.07.2026
  • Collection and submission of transfer applications for rationalization of Primary Teachers Prioritizing Intra-Circle Rationalization, Chairman, Birbhum DPSC, Suri, Birbhum, Memo No. BDPSC/GEN/540(32)/2026 Date: 28.07.2026
  • Invitation of Application for Transfer of Primary Teachers under Rationalization process in compliance with the directions of the Commissioner of School Education, West Bengal, Chairman, Malda DPSC, Memo No. 2685/MDPSC/26 Date: 28.07.2026, download Order
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Notification

The Principal Secretary, School Education Department
No. 216/SE/S/10M-09/2023  Date: 10.02.2023

Subject: Policy for rationalization of teachers working in recognised non-Government aided /
sponsored secondary schools in the State.

Backgrounds

As per State policy, the State is bound to maintain the required nos. of subject/group teacher in terms of Government order regarding bare minimum staff pattern to be maintained in secondary schools for ensuring the right of children to get education is schools. The State being welfare State has to be benevolent to its teachers who are appointed in Recognised State aided /sponsored schools and had no avenue for transfer at relevant point of their appointment. Thus within the frame work of law, transfer policy was introduced by the State Government in 2012, initially on mutual basis by two consenting teachers, then by means of general transfer on basis of their applications. These two avenues provided to teachers to get preferable posting by means of transfers. Availing these transfer avenues, teachers get posted at their convenience which has sometime caused the disproportionate PTR in some schools. There are observations of the Hon'ble Court to rationalize the teachers for protecting the educational right of the children of schools suffering from the lack of teachers.  

Thus, for protecting the educational right of student as well as for optimum utilization of manpower and to realize full potential of such teacher a policy for rationalization of teachers working in recognised non-Government aided/ sponsored secondary schools in the State is much needed one to cope up with present situation.

Policy for rationalization of teachers

The following Policy is hereby introduced for rationalization of teachers working in recognised non-Government aided /sponsored secondary schools in the State:

(1) As the required nos. of subject/group teachers in terms of Government order regarding staff pattern in ration of student in each class has to be maintained in secondary schools, the Upper Primary/ Secondary /H.S. Schools having surplus subject/ subject group teachers in ratio of students are proposed to serve to schools having less subject/subject group teachers or adverse PTR. To starts reallocation, in first priority, the schools suffering most adversely for want of subject/ subject group teachers in ration of students may be taken care of with the schools having most nos. of excessive subject teachers in ratio of students.

(2) New entrants in service may be ordered to serve the less teacher/ adverse PTR schools in first priority. Teachers appointed in Physical Disability category, old teachers who is going to retire within 2 years, female teachers having children to take care, will remain in last priority for the purpose of reallocation.

(3) While allocating teachers from schools having surplus teacher, endeavour may be taken to allocate them within district where he/she presently working to a school having less subject/ subject group teachers or adverse PTR in the same district. If no matches available at district level, then such teachers may be placed at regions level so on and forth. Due care should also be taken in regard to medium of instruction of schools and teacher to be placed. Male teachers cannot be placed in girls' schools.

(4) In case, a school is running with less subject/ subject group teachers or adverse PTR, but the vacancies of teaching posts of the school have been reported for direct recruitment, and the process not yet completed, then, 

(a) If tentatively vacancies have been reported for direct recruitment to the School Service Commission but final school wise vacancies yet to be reported for the recruitment as per recruitment Rules, the required subject teacher may be placed by this rationalization policy in the said school.

(b) In case, in the recruitment Rules there is no provision for reporting of vacancies twice i.e. tentative and final, and vacancy of any such school(s) have been reported to the Commission as per recruitment Rules; then against the said reported vacancy, the service of subject/subject group teacher of schools having surplus teacher, may be used for a period till regular recruited teachers join in the said school. During such utilization, the terms and conditions of service including drawal of pay and allowances, sanction of leave, disciplinary control etc., shall remain with the parent school authority or office or Board, as the case may be and shall not be any way altered to the disadvantage of such teacher. Upon joining of regular recruited teacher in the schools, the concerned District Inspector Schools, through the Directorate of school Education may send the proposal for either to revert the teacher to parent school or to be transferred to any other school having less subject/ subject group teacher or adverse PTR as per extant procedures and guidelines.

(5) The Directorate of School Education, upon information receive from the District Inspector Schools, in line of the above policy, is hereby directed to determine the list of schools having deficit and surplus teachers showing corresponding PTR and to submit concrete proposal to the Department for inter/intra district reallocation of teachers to the schools having less subject/ subject group teachers or adverse PTR. (For A is annexed).

(6) After getting the proposal, by invoking the provision of administrative transfer i.e. section 10C of the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997, and notification made thereof, the teachers will be transferred to the schools having less subject/subject group teachers or adverse PTR, subject to such conditions as mentioned in clause 4(b) or otherwise, if applicable in terms of this policy.

(7) The State Government keeping the situation in mind also decided to take long term measures to protect the schools from being teacher less as follows:

(a) The School Education Directorate and the Secondary Education Branch of the School Education Department, West Bengal will conduct exercise drill in terms of section 11 and 12 of the West Bengal Schools Control of Expenditure Act, 2005 on frequent basis per year for shifting of teachers from schools having lesser enrolment to the deficit teacher schools as per policy framework.

(b) No application for own seeking transfer shall be allowed from the schools having adverse subject/ group subject PTR. Transfer Rules have already been amended accordingly. All concerned offices relating to transfer process, shall follow the same.

Principal Secretary
School Education Department
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Permanent posting of Surplus Teachers

The Chairman/ Secretary, District Primary School Council, Banuka
Memo No. 4398/45  Date: 12.09.2025
➤Download Notification (Click here)
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Surplus of Primary School Teachers 2025

The Additional Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Memo No. 410-SED-13024/4/2024-ELEMN SEC  Date: 07.11.2025

Total No. of 23145 Surplus Primary School Teachers
Intra-district rationalization process is to be done for smooth functioning of the Primary Schools 
under 22 DPSCs in the State

➤Download Notification (Click here)

District wise Status of Surplus Primary Teachers
on 11.09.2025
➤District wise Surplus (Click here)
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Intra-District Rationalisation of Primary Teachers

Notification
The Chairman, Purba Medinipur District Primary School Council
Memo No. 1927/ES  Date: 18.11.2025

➤Download Notification (Click here) 
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Rationalisation of Primary Teachers under DPSC Hooghly

The Chairperson, Hooghly DPSC
Memo No. 2580/DPSC, Hooghly  Date: 08.01.2026
➤Notification (Click here)
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Postponement of Teacher Rationalistion Process until further Order

The Chairman, DPSC North 24 Parganas
Memo No. 258/Admin  Date: 17.06.2026

➤Notification (Click here)
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Rationalization of Primary School Teachers

The Commissioner of School Education, West Bengal
Memo No. 638(23)-Sc/P/DSE-15099/18/2024-RP SEC (DSE)-DSE  Date: 10.07.2026
➤Notification (Click here)
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Collection and Submission of data for Rationalization of Primary Teachers

Chairman, Birbhum DPSC, Suri, Birbhum
Memo No. BDPSC/GEN/52/12/2026  Date: 21.07.2026
➤Notification (Click here)


Standard Operating Procedure for Transfer of Teachers from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Primary Teachers

As per Office Order Memo No. 936/Admin Dated: 15.07.2026
SOP Blank Format (Click here)

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Transfer of Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Teachers
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Administrative Transfer under Rationalization Policy for Secondary Schools

District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purba Bardhaman
Memo No. 229  Date: 23.07.2026
Hearing in connection with Administrative Transfer under Rationalization Policy
Notification (Click here)

Transfer application Primary Teachers
Chairman, North 24-Parganas DPSC
Memo No. 936/Admin  Date: 25.07.2026

Collection and Submission of transfer application for rationalization of Primary Teachers, SOP & Transfer Application blank Format
Office Order (Click here)
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Transfer of Surplus Teachers
The District Inspector of Schools (SE), Kolkata
Memo No. 1042/M  Date: 27.07.2026

Regarding processing of Transfer of Teachers and Non-teaching Staff from Zero Enrolment Schools and Rationalization of Surplus Teachers
Notification (Click here)
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Circular on Transfer Policy for Health

The Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
No. 2181/HF/O/GA/W-71/2023  Date: 27.07.2026
Circular 2026 (Click here)
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Rationalization of Primary School Teachers

Chairman, Bankura DPSC
Memo No. 1850/49 Date: 27.07.2026
Notice (Click here)

Rationalization of Primary Teachers on Intra-District Transfer

The Chairman in Charge, Purba Medinipur DPSC, Purba Medinipur
Memo No. 1013/ES  Date: 28.07.2026
Notification (Click here)


Chairman, Birbhum DPSC, Suri, Birbhum
Memo No. BDPSC/GEN/540(32)/2026  Date: 28.07.2026

Collection and submission of transfer applications for rationalization of Primary Teachers Prioritizing Intra-Circle Rationalization
Notification (Click here)
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Chairman, Malda DPSC
Memo No. 2685/MDPSC/26  Date: 28.07.2026

Invitation of Application for Transfer of Primary Teachers under Rationalization process in compliance with the directions of the Commissioner of School Education, West Bengal
Order (Click here)
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➤Compulsory Transfer (Click here)