Advertisement No. 03/ 2017

Dated : 09.05.2017

Government of Tamil Nadu

TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD

4th Floor, EVK Sampath Maaligai,

DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai -600 006

NOTIFICATION / ADVERTISEMENT

Applications are invited only through online mode from eligible candidates up to 11.59 P.M on 30.05.2017 for the Direct Recruitment for the post of Post Graduate Assistants / Physical Education Directors Grade-I in School Education and other departments for the year 2016-2017.

Sl.No	Name of the Post & Scale of Pay	Service	Post Code	No. of Vacancies
1.	Post Graduate Assistants / Physical Education Directors Grade I Rs. 9300-34800 Grade Pay : Rs.4800	Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Educational Service	17PG	1663*

* Backlog vacancy : 27, Current vacancy :1636

1. Important Dates :-

   1. Date of Notification : 09.05.2017

   2. Commencement of submission of application through online mode : 10.05.2017

   3. Last date for submission of application through online mode : 30.05.2017

   4. Date of Written Examination : 02.07.2017

2. The Subject-wise Details of Vacancies ( including Backlog vacancies) are as follows :-

   Communal Turn	Tamil	English	Mathematics	Physics	Chemistry	Botany	Zoology	History	Geography	Economics	Commerce	Political Science	Bio Chemistry	Micro Biology	Home Science	Telugu	Phy. Dir. Gr-I
   GT	38	40	31	31	29	15	18	23	3	24	22	4			1		7
   GT T	9	10	7	7	8	3	4	6	1	6	5	1			1		2
   GT W	17	17	13	13	11	7	7	10	2	11	9	2					4
   GT WT	3	4	4	3	4	1	2	3		2	2	1
   GT VI	3	3						1		5	1
   GT PH			1	2	2
   BC	32	34	26	26	25	14	16	24	3	18	18	3			1		5
   BC T	8	9	6	6	6	3	3	4	1	6	5	1			1		2
   BC W	14	13	11	12	11	6	5	9	1	8	7	1					2
   BC WT	3	5	4	2	2	1	2	2		3	3	1					1
   BCM	4	4	2	3	3	1	2	3		3	3				1		1
   BCM T	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1			1
   BCM W	2	1	2	2	2		1	1		1		1
   BCM WT	1	1				1
   MBC	23	26	20	20	19	8	11	17	1	14	15	3			1		4
   MBC T	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	1	4	3		1				1
   MBC W	10	12	9	9	8	4	5	8	1	7	6	1					3
   MBC WT	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1		1	1
   SC	18	18	15	14	13	8	9	11	2	11	10	2				1	4
   SC T	4	5	4	4	4	2	2	3		3	2						1
   SC W	8	9	5	7	7	4	4	6		5	5	1			1
   SC WT	2	1	3	1	1		1	1	1	1	1						1
   SCA	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	3	3
   SCA T	1	1	1	1	1							1		1
   SCA W	1	1	2	2	2	1				1	1						1
   SCA WT	1	1					1	1
   ST	1	2	1	2	1			1
   ST T						1	1	1		1	1	1
   ST W	1		1					1		1	1
   Total	218	231	180	176	168	87	102	146	18	139	125	24	1	1	7	1	39

   Note : The estimated number of vacancies given above is tentative and subject to modification and inclusion from time to time.

   ABBREVIATIONS

   GT : General Turn BC : Backward Class BCM : Backward Class Muslim

   MBC/ : Most Backward Class/

   DNC Denotified Communities

   SC : Scheduled Caste SCA : Scheduled Caste Arunthathiar

   ST : Scheduled Tribe T : Tamil Medium W : Women

   VI : Visually Impaired PH : Physically Challenged G : General

   
   

3. Reservations :

   1. Vertical Reservation : 69% Communal reservation will be followed vertically as per existing Government rules / Orders i.e., 18% shall be reserved for Scheduled Castes including 3% offered to Arunthathiyars on preferential basis amongst the Scheduled Castes, 1% for Scheduled Tribes, 26.5% for Backward Classes (other than Backward Class Muslims), 3.5% for the Backward Class Muslims, 20% for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities and 31% shall be filled on the basis of merit.

      Provided that if even after filling up of the required appointments or posts reserved for Arunthathiyars amongst the Scheduled Castes, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, such excess number of candidates of Arunthathiyars shall be entitled to compete with the other Scheduled Castes in the inter-se-merit among them and if any appointment or post reserved for Arunthathiyars remains unfilled for want of adequate number of qualified candidates, it shall be filled up by Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars.

   2. Horizontal Reservations :

   1. Women Reservation: 30% Women reservation will be provided horizontally as per existing Government Rules / Orders. If qualified and suitable women candidates are not available for selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies will be filled by male candidates belonging to those respective communal categories.

   2. Reservation for Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM): For the direct recruitment of P.G Assistants, 20% horizontal reservation on preferential basis for persons who studied their both P.G degree and B.Ed. degree in Tamil Medium will be followed as per existing Government Orders. This reservation is subject to the availability of suitable eligible candidates. In the event of non-availability of such candidates the posts reserved for PSTM candidates will be filled by General candidates.

   3. Reservation for Persons with Disability: In G.O.Ms.No.13, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP.3.2) Department, dated 02.03.2016, the Post Graduate Teacher Post is identified as suitable for the persons with the following category of Disability.

   Physical Requirement	Category
   S Work performed by Sitting ST Work performed by Standing H Work performed by Hearing/Speaking W Work performed by Walking RW Work performed by Reading/Writing	VI Visually Impaired (100%) Low vision category also eligible. OA One Arm (40%to 70%) OL One Leg (40% to 70%) BL Both Legs (40% to 70%)

   Three percent of vacancies shall be reserved for Persons with Disabilities of which two percent shall be reserved for persons suffering from Blind or Low Vision and one percent shall be reserved for Orthopedically Impaired candidates (OA/OL/BL categories) in the subjects Tamil, English, History, Geography, Economics, Commerce, Telugu and Political Science. For Science Subjects (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Micro Biology and Bio-Chemistry) three percent vacancies will be reserved only for Orthopedically Impaired candidates (OA/OL/BL categories).

   There shall be no reservation for the deaf.

4. Qualifications:

   1. Age Limit : Candidates should not be over 57 years as on 1-7-2017 as the age of superannuation is 58 years.

   2. Educational Qualifications:

      1. Candidates should possess a Post Graduate degree in the relevant subject with B.Ed. Degree awarded by an University or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission. The qualification prescribed above for this post should have been obtained by passing the required qualification after completing 10thand H.Sc. (or its equivalent) followed by an U.G. Degree.

      2. As per G.O.Ms.No.361 School Education Department dated 31.12.1999, candidates should have studied the same subject in Bachelor's Degree and Masters Degree, both for academic subjects and Languages. For the post of Physical Director Grade-I, the candidates may pos sess any Bachelor's Degree with M.P.Ed. Degree.

      3. Candidates who obtained a Degree (UG/PG) after undergoing a course of one year duration (Double degree / Dual degree / etc.) are not eligible to apply for this recruitment.

      4. Candidates who obtained any of the required qualifications (SSLC, HSC (or) its equivalent, U.G Degree, P.G Degree, B.Ed Degree) simultaneously are not eligible to apply for this recruitment.

      5. The candidates should apply only for the vacancies notified and subject specified. The candidates applying for the posts mentioned in Annexure-I should have passed Tamil Language as Part I or Part II up to SSLC and PUC/Higher Secondary Course levels. If not, he/she should pass Tamil Language Test conducted by the Tamilnadu Public Service Commission within two years from the date of his/her appointment.

      6. The candidates not having prescribed qualifications, as on the last date of submission of filled-in online application, shall not be eligible to apply for the examination. The candidates should satisfy themselves about their eligibility before applying. It is to be noted that if a candidate is allowed to appear for the examination it does not imply that the eligibility of the candidate is verified. The eligibility shall be verified by the Board only at the time of Certificate Verification.

         Note: All qualifying certificates should have been obtained prior to the last date for submission of filled-in applications, announced in the recruitment notification.

   3. Equivalent Qualifications: If a candidate claims that the educational qualification in the subject possessed by him/her is equivalent to, though not the same, as those prescribed for the appointment, he/she has to produce the subject equivalence G.O issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu at the time of Certificate Verification.

5. Examination fee:

   1. The candidates have to pay a fees of Rs.500/- (Rs.250/- for SC/ST and differently abled candidates) towards examination fee payable only through online net banking /credit card / debit card.

   2. The candidates have also to pay the service charges as applicable for online payment.

   3. Off line mode of payment in the form of Demand Draft / Postal Order etc. will not be accepted and the applications forwarded with such modes of payments will be summarily rejected.

   4. The application process is entirely online. No application in paper will be accepted by TRB.

6. How to Apply?

   1. Candidates should apply only through online mode in the TRB website trb.tn.nic.in using the link https://trbonlineexams.in

   2. Evidence for claims made by the candidate while applying online should be submitted by the candidate at the time of Certificate Verification, if called for.

7. Scheme of Examination:

   1. The written examination will consist of a single paper of 3 hours duration with 150 MCQs. Each question carries one mark. The marks allotted to the Main Subject, Educational Methodology and General Knowledge are as follows:

      Main Subject	110
      Educational Methodology	30
      General Knowledge	10
      Total	150

      The syllabus for the subjects as published in Gazette No.611, dated 10.09.2001 and Gazette No.356, dated 30.05.2002 will be covered in the Examination. The syllabus can be downloaded from the TRB official website trb.tn.nic.in

   2. Minimum Eligibility Mark : As per G.O.Ms.No.107, School Education, dated 24.07.2003 and Govt. Lr. No.12305/Q2/03-02, dated 08.10.2003, candidates who secure a minimum of 50% marks in written examination (for

   SC-45% mark, ST-40% mark) alone are eligible for recruitment.

8. Selection Procedure:

   The Selection will be made in two successive stages viz.,

   1. Written examination

   2. Awarding weightage marks during Certificate Verification.

   1. Written Examination:

      The Written Competitive Examination will be held on 02.07.2017 from

      10.00 A.M to 1.00 P.M. The venue for the Examination will be intimated in the Hall Ticket. The Hall Tickets for the eligible candidates will be uploaded by the TRB in its official website. The candidates are advised to refer the TRB website for details (http://www.trb.tn.nic.in). No written communication will be sent to the candidate.

      The decision of the Teachers Recruitment Board on the eligibility of the candidate to appear for the examination will be final.

      Scribes:

      On request, Visually impaired candidates/Orthopedically impaired candidates will be allowed assistance of scribes based on the Medical Certificate produced by the candidates.

      Key Answers:

      Tentative key will be published on completion of the exams. The candidates who intend to have objections on tentative key answers shall raise them along with supporting materials, within 5 days from date of release of tentative key. Any objections and materials produced beyond the stipulated time will not be entertained and candidates are estopped from questioning them at a later point of time.

      On consideration of such objections, final key answers would be published and the same would be final. No independent orders either accepting or rejecting the objections of the candidates will be passed. Only final key would be published.

      Constitution of experts to consider the objections cannot be questioned by the candidates.

      Written Examination Results:

      The Roll-Number-wise Mark List of all candidates will be published in the official website of TRB viz. http://www.trb.tn.nic.in. The publication of results will be announced through Press / Media.

   2. Certificate Verification:

      The Board will prepare the list of Candidates for Certificate Verification on a 1:1 ratio based on the Written Examination Marks duly following the communal rotation and other relevant rules in vogue.

      Note:

      
      If more than one candidate secures the lowest or same cut- off mark for the particular communal turn, all such candidates will be called for CV.

      Certificate Verification List and C.V Call letter will be published in the TRB Official Website trb.tn.nic.in only.

      Candidates short-listed as above shall bring all the original and attested copies of all Certificates as stated in the call letter for Certificate Verification.

      Candidates who are not personally present for the Certificate Verification on the prescribed date shall not be considered for further selection process even if they have secured the minimum qualifying marks for selection.

      
      

   3. Awarding Weightage Marks :

      Weightage marks as detailed below will be awarded after Certificate Verification for the eligible short-listed candidates.

      
      

      		Number of Years	Marks
      (i)	Period of wait after registration in the	Less than 1 year	0
      		1 to 3 years	1
      	Professional & Executive
      	Employment Office,
      		3 to 5 years	2
      	Chennai 600 004
      		5 to 10 Years	3
      		Above 10 Years	4
      (ii)	Experience of teaching in their PG Degree Major	1 to 2 years	1
      		2 to 5 years	2
      	Subject for Hr. Sec. Classes
      	in a recognised School.	Above 5 Years	3

9. Selection:

   After certificate verification, the total marks secured by each candidate will be arrived at by adding weightage marks to the written examination marks. A fresh merit list will then be prepared on this basis. Selection will be made from the fresh merit list duly following merit-cum-communal rotation.

   The selection will be published on the website viz. http://www.trb.tn.nic.in. The final eligibility of the candidates will be subject to the decision of Teachers Recruitment Board and the appointing authority. The appointment orders will be issued by the Department concerned to which the candidates are provisionally selected, after verifying their eligibility for the post they are selected.

10. The following certificates have to be produced at the time of Certificate Verification, if called for:

1. Original Certificates and Mark statements pertaining to the following Educational qualifications

   1. 10th / SSLC

   2. H.S.C. or its equivalent

   3. U.G. Degree in the relevant subject

   4. P.G. Degree in the relevant subject

   5. B.Ed. Degree

      
      

2. Community Certificate: Community Certificate should be obtained from the b e l o w mentioned authorities of Government of Tamilnadu for candidates claiming Communal reservation.

   
   

   1. ST - Revenue Divisional Officer

      ( if the certificate is issued after 11.11.1989)

      
      

   2. SC/SCA - Tahsildar of native taluk of the candidate.

   3. BC / MBC / DNC - Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar or Special Deputy Tahsildar.

   
   

   1. Community Certificate of married women issued in fathers name (Not in Husbands Name) alone shall be accepted.

   2. Community certificates issued by other State and Union Territory will not be considered against vacancies reserved for 69% communal reservation. They will be considered only for Open Competition.

   
   

3. Tamil Medium Study Certificate: Candidate who claims reservation under PSTM category has to produce Tamil Medium Study Certificate in the prescribed format (Annexure 2) for P.G. and B.Ed. Degree.

4. Employment Registration Card: (if applicable) Live, up to date renewed Professional Executive Employment Registration Card with P.G. and B.Ed. Registration entry after completing all the required qualifications for the post of P.G. Assistants to be produced for claiming weightage marks for the period of wait after registration in employment exchange.

5. Teaching Experience Certificate: (If applicable) Teaching Experience Certificate in the prescribed format (Annexure 3) for working as a Post Graduate Teacher in the applied post, after completing all the required qualifications for the post, to be produced for claiming weightage marks for teaching experience.

6. Disability Certificate: (If applicable) A candidate who wants to avail the benefit of reservation for PWD candidates would have to submit an Identity Card and Passbook with Disability Certificate issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

General Information:

1. The number of vacancies notified is only approximate and is liable for modification with reference to vacancy position of various user departments at the time before finalization of selection.

2. Evidence of claims made in the online application should be submitted in time at the time of Certificate Verification, if called for. Any subsequent claim made thereafter on submission of online application will not be entertained at any cost.

3. Incomplete applications and applications containing false claims or incorrect particulars relating to category of reservation, basic qualifications, communal category and other eligibility criteria will be liable for rejection.

4. Candidates are not allowed to bring Cell Phones, Watches, bands or rings with in-built memory notes etc. or any other Electronic gadgets, Clarks Table, Calculators inside the Examination Hall.

5. Applicants are advised, in their own interest, not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the Examination Venue, as arrangements for safe keeping cannot be assured.

6. No candidate should misbehave in any manner or create a disorderly scene in the examination centre or harass the staff employed by the Board for the conduct of examination. Any such misconduct will be viewed seriously and penalized.

7. No T.A./D.A. will be paid. Candidates will have to bear their own expenses to attend the written Examination and the Certificate Verification if called for.

8. In the matter of recruitment, the decision of the Teachers Recruitment Board is final. Any representation for non- selection will not be entertained at any cost.

9. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification for selection.

10. The online application can be submitted up to 30.5.2017 till 11.59 pm after which the link will be disabled.

Chairman

ANNEXURE I

Subject-wise Vacancy Details

Department : School Education

Sl.No.	Subject	Backlog Vacancy	Current Vacancy	Total
1	Tamil	3	215	218
2	English	3	228	231
3	Mathematics	1	179	180
4	Physics	2	174	176
5	Chemistry	2	166	168
6	Botany	-	87	87
7	Zoology	-	102	102
8	History	9	137	146
9	Geography	-	18	18
10	Economics	5	134	139
11	Commerce	2	123	125
12	Political Science	-	24	24
13	Bio-Chemistry	-	1	1
14	Micro Biology	-	1	1
15	Home Science	-	7	7
16	Telugu	-	1	1
17	Physical Director Grade-I	-	39	39
Total		27	1636	1663

ANNEXURE II

Tamil Medium: Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) have to produce evidence, such as Transfer Certificate, Provisional Certificate / Convocation Certificate / Degree Certificate / mark sheets received from the Board or University or from the Institution, with a recording that he / she studied the prescribed educational Qualification in Tamil Medium. If no evidence for Persons studied in Tamil Medium is p r o d u c e d , then a certificate from the Head of the Institution as given below must be furnished:-

PSTM Certificate (Model Format)

(To be issued only by the Head of Institution)

This is t o certify that Thiru/Tmt/Selvi. . (Name)... has studied ... (course Name M.A/M.Sc/B.Ed./M.P.Ed) during the years .to.in Tamil Medium. This certificate is issued after verifying the course content / Statement of Marks / Transfer Certificate.

Registrar/Principal/Head of the

Place : Institution

Date :

Office Seal

ANNEXURE III

For submission to

Teachers Recruitment Board, Chennai 600 006

TEACHING EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATE

(Separate form should be used for each Institution)

1. Name of the Candidate :

   
   

2. Name and Address of the Institution in : which employed

3. Type of Institution : (Govt / Aided /Self-Financing)

4. Date of appointment as Post Graduate Assistant :

   Passport size Photograph of the Candidate duly attested by the Certificate issuing authority(sign and seal should be partly in photograph and application)

   
   

5. Subjects taught :

Sl.No	Subject Taught	Classes in Higher Secondary	No of periods per week	Period of Service
				Date From	Date To	Period
						Y	M	D
1
2
3
4
5
Total

Certified that the above facts are verified with pay acquittance and other records available on behalf of the individual and found correct.

Place : Principal / Head of the Institution

Date :

Seal :

Counter Signing Authority Certificate

Verified the above facts with reference to the records available in the School and in the Office are found correct.

Ref. No. Signature :

Place : Name :

Date : Designation :

Seal :

Authorised Signatory

(Chief Educational Officer)

For instructions P.T.O

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES (ANNEXURE III)

	Start Date	End Date
Notification Issued		09-May-2017
Applications	10-May-2017	30-May-2017
Interviews		02-Jul-2017

• Organization : Teachers Recruitment Board
• Organization City, State : , tamil nadu
• Organization Website : http://trb.tn.nic.in