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(1) These rules may be called the West Bengal School Service Commission (Selection for Appointment to the Posts of Teachers for Upper Primary Level of Schools) Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997 (West Ben. Act IV of 1997);
(b) “Category” means Subject Category, medium of instruction category, reservation category, and gender category in each subject group or in Physical Education or Work Education as the case may be;
(c) “concerned subject”, in relation to a post, means a subject against which a vacancy has been reported for the purpose of selection of a person to the post:
Provided that the Central Commission shall determine equivalence of any subject with the approval of the State Government as per clause (e) of sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Act;
(d) “Degree or Diploma” means Graduation or Post-Graduation from a University recognised by the University Grants Commission, or a professional qualification duly recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), as the case may be;
(e) “interview list”, in respect of SLST, means-
(i) in case of vacancies other than Physical Education/Work Education vacancies, a list of candidates to be called for personality test category-wise on the basis of merit (weightage of TET, academic and professional qualification) in the ratio of 1:1.4 of final vacancies;
(ii) in case of Physical Education/Work Education vacancies, a list of candidates to be called for personality test category-wise on the basis of merit (marks in written test, academic and professional qualification) in the ratio of 1:1.4 of final vacancies;
(f) “merit list”, in respect of SLST, means-
(i) in case of posts other than Physical Education and Work Education, a list of candidates prepared category-wise on the basis of merit (weightage of TET, academic and professional qualification and marks obtained in personality test) from Interview List;
(ii) in case of posts of Physical Education and Work Education, a list of candidates prepared category-wise on the basis of merit (marks of written test, academic and professional qualification and marks obtained in personality test) from Interview List;
(g) “Panel” means a list of candidates (category-wise) of the merit list equal to the number of final vacancies and includes a panel (region-wise) on the basis of the option exercised by the candidates;
(h) “waiting list” means a list of candidates from the merit list (category-wise) but not included in the panel;
(i) “Post” means a whole-time post of Teacher for Upper Primary Level of Schools against declared and sanctioned vacancy in respect of any of the following subjects
(i) Mathematics and Science group (Biological Science and Pure Science);
(ii) Social Studies Group (History and Geography);
(iii) Language Group (Bengali, English, Urdu, Arabic, Nepali, Santhali, Oriya, Persian, French, Sanskrit, Hindi, Telegu or any other language) notified in the Official Gazette for inclusion in this group;
(iv) Physical Education;
(v) Work Education;
(j) “Reserved Category” means category of reservation in respect of the Schedule Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Other Backward Classes (Group A and Group B) and Physically Handicapped candidates;
(k) “Schedule” means Schedules appended to these rules;
(l) “State” means the State of West Bengal;
(m) “State Government” means the Government of West Bengal in the School Education Department;
(n) “State Level Selection Test (SLST)” means the test to be conducted by the Central School Service Commission for recruitment of Teachers of the categories stated in these rules;
(o) “sub-rule” means sub-rule of a rule in which the word or expression occurs;
(p) “vacancy” means a vacancy in the post of a Teacher for classes of Upper Primary Level caused by-
(i) creation of a new post;
(ii) superannuation;
(iii) death;
(iv) resignation;
(v) transfer;
(vi) removal or dismissal;
(vii) any other reason, apart from the above, as the State Government may, by order, determine;
(q) “NCTE” means the National Council for Teacher Education (a statutory body of the Government of India);
(r) “Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)” means Teacher Eligibility Test of the classes for Upper Primary Level covered under these Rules conducted by the State Government or through its specified agency as per NCTE Guidelines and other notifications issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, from time to time in this regard and the State Government or such agency shall issue a Certificate to be known as ‘TET Certificate’ to the Candidates who have qualified in TET;
(s) “Upper Primary” means general education above primary level till completion of Elementary Education within the meaning of RTE Act for admission in Secondary Education stage;
(t) “Physical Education/Work Education vacancy” means vacancy for the post of a teacher in a school for classes covered under these Rules for the purpose of pertaining teaching in Physical Education/Work Education;
(u) “Professional qualification (except Physical Education or Work Education)” includes as follows
(i) 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known),
(ii) 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.),
(iii) 1-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition norms and procedure) Regulation issued from time to time in this regard,
(iv) 1-year B.Ed. (Special Education),
(v) 2-year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition norms and procedure) Regulation issued from time to time in this regard,
(vi) 4-year BA/B.Sc Ed. Or BA Ed/B.Sc. Ed,
(vii) 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B. EL Ed) includes Bachelor Degree along with professional qualification as integrated course,
(viii) 2-years B.Ed. Programme through Open Distance Learning (ODL) method conducted by Netaji Subhash Open University and Approved by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).
Note 1.- Diploma /Degree Course in Teacher Education recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
Note 2.- B.Ed. (Special Education degree holder) shall have to undergo 6 months training on special programme in Elementary Education in an NCTE recognize institution after appointment.
(v) “Qualification” includes qualification of the teachers as notified by the NCTE and relaxation of qualifications, if any, extended by the Central Government from time to time up to the date of publication of advertisement;
(w) “RTE Act” means the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act, shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Act.
The appointment of persons to the posts mentioned in Schedule I shall be made by selection (direct recruitment) through SLST by the West Bengal School Service Commission in the manner as mentioned in rule 7.
(1) The name of the posts, and its qualification shall, subject to rule 5, be such as specified in Schedule I:
Provided that the candidates possessing valid TET Certificates shall be eligible for appearing in the selection under these rules, in spite of the fact that they have exceeded upper age-limit, subject to the condition that the age of such candidate on first day January of the Year of holding the TET has been within the prescribed age-limit.
Provided further that the qualification for the posts of Teacher includes academic qualification and professional qualification of teachers for Upper Primary Level of Schools notified by NCTE and includes the relaxation of qualification, if any, extended by the Central Government or NCTE, as the case may be, from time to time on the date of advertisement by the Central Commission or in case of Work Education, relaxation of qualification as may be notified by the State Government.
Provided also that certificates received on or before the last date of the application and mentioned in the application form, shall be counted for academic and professional qualification.
(2) The age-limit for the post shall be such as specified in Schedule I:
Provided that a non-teaching staff or a Teacher having post-graduate degree but holding lower category of post, may apply with maximum age of 55 years as on the 1st day of January of the year of advertisement.
A candidate willing to be selected as a Upper Primary Teacher having Bengali or English or Hindi or Nepali or Oriya or Santhali or Telegu or Urdu as the medium of instruction, shall have Bengali or English or Hindi or Nepali or Oriya or Santhali or Telegu or Urdu, as the case may be, as first or second or third language at Secondary level of the Board or equivalent or at Higher Secondary level of the Council or equivalent.
Manner of evaluation of academic qualification including professional qualification for selection of Assistant Teachers for Upper Primary Level Classes in Schools.
| Sl. No | Examination passed | Full Marks 50 | Awarded Marks | ||
| 60% or above | 50% and above but below 60% | Below 50% | |||
| 1. | Madhyamik or its equivalent | 10 | 10 | 08 | 06 |
| 2. | HS (+2 stage)/Pre-University/Intermediate/ University Entrance or its equivalent | 10 | 10 | 08 | 06 |
| 3. | Bachelor’s degree as mentioned under clause (d) of rule 2 of the said rules | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
| 4. | Professional qualification as mentioned under clause (u) of rule 2 of the said rules | 10 | 10 | Below 60% up to 45% | Below
45% |
| 8 | 6 | ||||
| 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B. EI. Ed.)
Or (3&4) equivalent of 3 and 4 above |
30 | 30 | Below 60% up to 45% | 22 | |
| 26 | |||||
| 5. | TET | 40 | Marks should be calculated on percentage obtained i.e. 100% = 40 marks and so on. | ||
PART B
Manner of evaluation of academic qualifications including professional qualification for the selection of pass graduate Assistant Teacher in Physical Education
| Sl. No | Examination | Full
Marks 35 |
Awarded Marks | ||
| 1. | School Final/Madhyamik or its equivalent | 15 | 15
[60% and above] |
13
[Below 60% to 45%] |
11
[Below 45 %] |
| 2. | H.S.(+2 stage)/Pre-University/Intermediate/ University Entrance or its equivalent | 15 | 15
[60% and above] |
13
[Below 60% to 45%] |
11
[Below 45%] |
| Or
Old H.S. [in lieu of School Final/Madhyamik or its equivalent and H.S. (+2 stage)/ Pre University/Intermediate/University Entrance or its equivalent |
30 | 30
[60% and above] |
26
[Below 60% to 45%] |
22
[Below 45%] |
|
| 3. | Certificate/diploma in physical education of duration not less than two(02) years (or its equivalent) from any National Council for Teacher Education recognized Institution | 5 | 5
[60% and above] |
3
[Below 60% to 45%] |
2
[Below 45 %] |
PART C
Manner of evaluation of academic qualifications including professional qualification for the selection of pass graduate Assistant Teacher in Work Education
| Sl. No | Examination | Full Marks 35 | Awarded Marks | ||
| 1. | School Final/Madhyamik or its equivalent | 10 | 10
[60% and above] |
8
[Below 60% to 45%] |
6
[Below 45%] |
| 2. | H.S. (+2 stage)/Pre University/Intermediate/ University Entrance or its equivalent | 10 | 10
[60% and above] |
8
[Below 60% to 45 %] |
6
[Below 45%] |
| Or | Old H.S. [in lieu of School Final/Madhyamik or its equivalent and H.S.(+2 stage)/Pre-University/ Intermediate/ University Entrance or its equivalent] | 20 | 20
[60% and above] |
16
[Below 60% to 45%] |
12
[Below 45%] |
| 3. | Bachelor’s degree in General Stream in Arts/Science/ Commerce as regular/external/ private candidate or through distance mode of education/ correspondence course;
Or, Bachelor’s degree in General Stream in Arts/ Science/Commerce as regular/external/private candidate or through distance mode of education/ correspondence course with degree/diploma in Art & Craft from any UGC recognised University/any UGC recognised educational Institution affiliated to any University; Or, Bachelor’s degree in General Stream in Arts/ Science/Commerce as regular/external/private candidate or through distance mode of education/ correspondence course with Degree or Diploma in Tailoring and needle work from any Institution duly recognised by any UGC recognised University/from any UGC recognised University; Or, Bachelor’s degree in General Stream in Arts/ Science/Commerce as regular/external/private candidate or through distance mode of education/ correspondence course with degree/diploma in Work Education curriculum awarded by any University or any Department of the State Govt. or, Bachelor’s Degree in Home Science or Agriculture or Computer Science/Information Technology/Software Systems from any UGC recognised University; Or, Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/ Science/ Commerce with Computer Science/ Computer Application as a subject of at least 300 marks from any UGC recognised University |
10 | 10
[60% and above] |
8
[Below 60% to 45%] |
6
[Below 45%] |
| 4. | Teachers Trg. (B.T./B.Ed./P.G.B.T/P.G.T. or its equivalent) in regular course or through distance mode of education/ correspondence course from a Teachers’ Training Institution duly recognized by the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) in the relevant academic session/ Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) | 5 | 5
[60% and above] |
3
[Below 60% to 45%] |
2
[Below 45%] |
Note- Relaxation of 5% marks in educational qualification shall be allowed in case of reserved candidates.
SCHEDULE III
PART A
Selection to the Post of Teacher (except for teacher of Work Education and Physical Education) for Upper Primary Level of Schools shall be made on the basis of TET, evaluation of qualifications of the candidates and personality tests to be determined by the Commission in the following manner:
(a) TET weightage : 40 marks
(b) Academic qualifications including professional qualifications : 50 marks
(c) Personality Test : 10 marks
(Appearance before the Personality Test Board is compulsory)
Note 1. – The academic qualifications including professional qualification shall be evaluated in accordance with Part A of Schedule II.
PART B
Selection to the Post of Upper Primary Teacher for Work Education and Physical Education in School shall be made on the basis of written examination, evaluation of qualifications of the candidates and personality tests to be determined by the Commission in the following manner:
(a) Written Examination : 55 marks
(b) Academic qualifications including professional qualifications : 35 marks
(c) Personality Test : 10 marks
(Appearance before the Personality Test Board is compulsory)
Note 1. – The academic qualifications including professional qualification for selection to the post of Assistant Teacher in Physical Education in School shall be evaluated in accordance with Part B of Schedule II.
Note 2. – The academic qualifications including professional qualification for selection to the post of pass graduate Assistant Teacher in Work Education in School shall be evaluated in accordance with Part C of Schedule II.
Note 3. – TET qualifying certificate is not required for an incumbent to apply for Assistant Teacher in Work Education or Physical Education. However, one TET qualified incumbent can apply for Work Education or Physical Education only if he/she has minimum qualification as laid down in Part B of the Schedule I.
