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No.1861, CUTTACK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018/ASWINA 7, 1940

[No. 21492–SME-GHS-GHS-0096-2018/SME.]

SCHOOL & MASS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

RESOLUTION

The 27th September, 2018

Sub: Recruitment of Contractual Teachers (Group B) in Government

Secondary Schools.

Government in General Administration

Department

vide

Notification

No.1147/Gen., dated the 17th January, 2014 have prescribed the rules for

recruitment (Contractual Appointment) to the Group-B posts. The Finance

Department while concurring the proposal for filling up of the TGT vacant posts in

Government Secondary Schools as on 31st December, 2016, have advised to

follow the stipulations contained in the above Notification of G.A.

Department Accordingly, Government in School & Mass Education Department

have decided to fill up the vacant posts of Trained Graduate Teachers in Govt.

Secondary Schools in the following manner in supersession of this Department

Resolution No. 23404/SME., dated the 27th October, 2014 and all executive

instructions issued in this regard so far.

1. Reporting of vacancies and advertisement:—

(1) The Director Secondary Education, Odisha will collect information on the

vacancies in respect of Trained Graduate Teacher posts in Government

Secondary Schools including Upgraded High Schools from all the District

Education Officers. The Director will assess the number of posts to be filled up

through direct recruitment

(2) After determination of vacancies as described in Para. (1), the Director will

move Government in School & Mass Education Department for permission to

conduct the recruitment for vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment.

(3) The Government will take a decision on number of posts to be filled up through

direct recruitment during a year and communicate the same to the Director

Secondary Education, Odisha.

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(4) After receipt of permission from Government the Director will take steps for

direct recruitment to the vacant posts.

2. Advertisement:

(a) The Director will publish an indicative brief advertisement in the widely circulated

news papers (Odia & English) inviting online applications from intending candidates

for recruitment to the posts. The advertisement will contain the following details.

(i) the date and manner of availability of Application form and also availability of

other details regarding the recruitment.

(ii) last date of submission of application forms.

(b) The detailed advertisement shall be published in the Website of School & Mass

Education Department or website of any organisation under the Department which

will contain the information such as;

(i)

Designation of Posts and number of vacancies available.

(ii)

The District wise number of vacancies and vacancies reserved for different

Social categories as per ORV Act and other prevailing Acts.

(iii)

Remuneration admissible to the post

(iv)

Requisite qualifications for the posts.

(v)

Eligibility conditions for selection.

(vi)

Details of Selection procedure.

(vii)

Amount and mode of payment of processing fees.

(viii)

Scheme, Syllabus of Examination

(ix)

Documents to be submitted and verified to determine eligibility

(x)

Other information as required to be communicated to be decided by the

Director

(c) There shall be a gap of at least 4 weeks between the date of issue of

advertisement and last date of receipt of applications from the candidates.

3. Eligibility conditions:

(1) General Eligibility Conditions:

In order to be eligible for direct recruitment a candidate must satisfy the following

conditions namely—

(a) he/she must be a citizen of India.

(b)The candidate must be able to read and write Odia. Any one of the following

qualifications will be taken into consideration to ascertain this ability of the

candidate for the posts.

i. He/she must have passed HSC Exam. conducted by Board of Secondary

Education, Odisha or any equivalent Examination with Odia as a Language

Subject i.e. First/Second or Third Language.

ii. He/she must have passed Odia Examination of HSC/Tenth standard

conducted by BSE, Odisha.

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(c) He/she shall be below 32 years of age and above 21 years of age on the 1st

January of the calendar year next to the year for which the regular vacancies are

reported to Govt. for recruitment.

For example, if the vacancies reported by Director are for the year

2016,then the age shall be calculated as on 1st January, 2017:

Provided that relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed to candidates of

different social categories in the following manner:

(i) in case of SC/ST, Women, SEBC by 5 years

(ii) in case of Persons with Disabilities by 10 years

(iii) In case of ex-military persons as per G.A. Department Notification No.

22586/Gen., dated the 16th October,1985.

This relaxation in age may be modified as required under provisions of ORV Act,

PWD Act and other relevant rules amended from time to time.

(d) He/she must have possessed the requisite academic and Training qualifications

as prescribed in Appendix-1 to this resolution.

(e) Candidates possessing Academic / Training qualifications from Boards/

Universities / Institutions outside Odisha shall have to produce the authenticated

proof of equivalency, affiliation of their institution to a recognised University and

recognition of such Training course and Institute by NCTE failing which he/she

shall not be considered as eligible for selection.

(f) A candidate furnishing certificates, mark-sheets with grades and grade-points

shall have to also furnish numerical equivalence of grades/grade points from the

examining bodies failing which he/she shall not be treated as eligible for

selection.

(g) He/she must have passed Odisha Secondary School Teacher Eligibility

Test(OSSTET).

(h) He/she must have a good character and shall submit certificates of good

character from two responsible persons i.e. one from a gazetted officer (not

being his relation) and other from the head of the institute in which he/she last

studied.

(i) He/she must not have more than one spouse living.

(j) He/She must have paid the processing fee as prescribed in this resolution

(k) A person already in service of Government shall be eligible for direct recruitment

to the service subject to his being within the prescribed age limit and being

otherwise eligible and subject further that he produces ‘no objection certificate’

from the Competent Authority at the time of verification of documents within the

stipulated time before preparation of draft merit list.

4. Application:

The candidates shall apply through on line mode to the Director Secondary

Education, Odisha along with requisite fee and copies of documents to be mentioned in

the detailed advertisement.

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5. Fees for Processing of Applications:

A sum of Rs.500/- shall have to be paid by the candidates as fees for processing of

Application. In case of candidates of SC & ST category Rs. 300/- is to be paid as fee. The

mode of payment and the Authority to which it shall be payble shall be decided by the

Director and mentioned in the advertisement.

6. Selection Procedure:

(a) The selection will be made through an online Competitive Examination to be

conducted by an agency /organization having experience in recruitment of similar

category posts, to be selected by the Director with approval of Govt. The scheme

and syllabus of Examination shall be published in the web-advertisement.

(b) There will be a State Selection Committee to prepare the scheme and syllabus of

On-Line Competitive Examination and finalise / approve the merit list and select list

of the candidates for the post of Trained Graduate Teachers in the following

manner:

i. Director, Secondary Education, Odisha

ii. Director, Elementary Education, Odisha

iii. One

Additional

Secretary

/Joint

Secretary/Deputy

Secretary

in

Department of School & Mass Education Dept. as nominated by

Secretary of S&ME Department.

iv. Deputy Director(s) in the Directorate of Secondary Education dealing with

recruitment and promotion.

v. One District Education Officer, nominated by the Director, Secondary

Education, Odisha for the purpose.

The Director Secondary Education shall be the Chairman of the Committee and

Deputy Director in the Directorate of Secondary Education dealing with recruitment shall

be the convener of the Committee.

(c) Provisional Merit list will be prepared by the agency conducting the online

Competitive Examination on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in the

Examination. Names of candidates in the provisional merit list shall be arranged in

order of marks secured by the candidates in the Examination. This list will be

handed over to the Director.

(d) In case of two or more candidates secure the same marks the candidate older in

age will be placed above in the rank.

(e) Any qualification higher than the minimum qualification prescribed for the post shall

not be given any weight age while preparing the merit list.

(f) The eligibility of candidates included in the Provisional common merit list

prepared as mentioned in Para. 6 (c) shall be determined through

verification of all relevant documents in support of age, qualification and

other eligibility conditions laid down in the advertisement. The Director will

make all necessary arrangements for verification of documents.

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(g) The Provisional common merit list finalised after determination of eligibility in

the manner prescribed in Para. 6(f) shall be treated as Draft common merit

list and this along with the list of in-eligible candidates shall be published for

inviting objections. Considering the objections and after necessary

corrections, if any, Final Merit List and Reject list shall be prepared. The

name of candidates shall be arranged in the draft common merit list in order

of their marks.

(h) Select list for each social reservation category will be prepared from the State

common merit list finalised in the manner described in Para. 6(g) taking

number of candidates equal to 100 % of the number of vacancies for each of the

category in the state as a whole.

(i) Percentage of reservation for candidates under special reservation categories will

be calculated taking the total vacancies in a particular social reservation category in

the State as a whole.

(j) All the lists prepared in the manner as prescribed above i.e. Draft Merit list

and Reject List, Final Merit List & Reject List and Select Lists shall be

placed before the State Selection Committee .The committee will scrutinise

and approve these lists.

(k) Inclusion of the name of a candidate in the Merit List/Select List confers no right on

the candidate to engagement unless Govt. or the selection committee or the

Appointing Authority are satisfied after such inquiry or re-verification of documents

,as may be considered necessary, that a candidate is suitable in all respects for

engagement to the service.

(l) After selection of candidates of each social category, District allocation shall

be made through online or offline counselling or any other mode to be decided by

Director and the District Wise select list will be finalised.

(m)Further details of procedure for preparation of draft merit list, draft reject list, final

merit and select lists, verification of documents of candidates if any may be decided

by the Director and published in the Advertisement.

7. Reservations:

The provision of the Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in posts & services Act,

1975 and other Reservation policies for women, Ex-Service Men and Persons with

Disabilities, as prescribed by Government from time to time shall be followed..

8. Emoluments:

The emoluments shall be decided as per the provisions of Odisha Group

B posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules, 2013.

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9. Engagement of Candidates:

The concerned DEO shall engage candidates from the District wise select list

approved by the State Selection Committee and notified by Director Secondary

Education, Odisha .The engagement will be on contractual basis. A contract

agreement shall be executed between the concerned District Education Officer on

behalf of State Government and the candidate selected, on stamp paper before such

engagement. The agreement shall be renewable on 1st March every year subject to

satisfactory performance.

.. This resolution will take effect from the date of issue.

ORDER

Ordered that this Resolution will be published in an Extraordinary issue of

Odisha Gazette.

By Order of the Governor

P. K. MOHAPATRA

Principal Secretary to Government

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Appendix 1

Minimum Educational Qualifications prescribed for Posts of Contractual Trained

Graduate Teachers in Govt. Secondary Schools

POST

MINIMUM ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Trained

Graduate

Teacher , Arts

Bachelor Degree in Arts/Commerce or a Sastri(Sanskrit) Degree from a

recognised university with two school subjects (school subjects as defined in

the proviso here under) from a recognized university having 50% marks in

aggregate(45%for

SC/ST/PWD/SEBC

candidates)

and

Bachelor

in

Education(B. Ed) from a NCTE recognized Institution

OR

Four year Integrated B.A. B.Ed from a NCTE recognized Institution with two

school subjects(school subjects as defined in the proviso here under)having

50% marks in aggregate(45% for SC/ST/PWD/SEBC candidates)

Provided that :

In any case the candidate must have passed Bachelor Degree with two school

subjects (with not less than 200 marks each) as the following:

a) Language

subjects

like

English

and

Odia

offered

as

a

Hons/Pass/Elective/Compulsory subject shall be treated as one school subject

and

b) another subject shall be considered from the subjects like History,

Geography, Economics, Political Science, Indian Economy, Landmarks in

Indian

History,

Indian

Geography,

Indian

Polity,

offered

as

Pass/Hons/Elective/optional subject.

Trained

Graduate

Teacher ,

Science(PCM)

&

Trained

Graduate

Teacher ,

Science

(CBZ)

Bachelor Degree in Science/B.Tech/B.E with two school subjects(school

subjects as defined in the proviso here under)from a recognized university

having 50% marks in aggregate(45% for SC/ST/PH/SEBC candidates) and

Bachelor in Education(B. Ed) from a NCTE recognized Institution

OR

Four year Integrated B. Sc. B.Ed from a NCTE recognized Institution with two

school subjects(school subjects as defined in the proviso here under)having

50% marks in aggregate(45%for SC/ST/PH/SEBC candidates)

Provided that :

In any case the candidate must have passed Bachelor Degree with two school

subjects (with not less than 200 marks each) as the following

a)For Trained Graduate Teacher-Science(PCM):any two out of Physics,

Chemistry, Mathematics, as elective/optional/Honours/pass subjects.

b)For Trained Graduate Teacher-Science(CBZ) : any two out of Chemistry,

Botany, Zoology ,Biology as elective/optional/Honours/pass subjects.

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