Department: School Education
Subject: Recruitment
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch
No. 5868-F, Dated: 24.06.2009
MEMORANDUM
West Bengal Primary School Teachers Recruitment Rules, 2001
West Bengal Primary School Teachers Recruitment Rules, 2001, compiled with up to date amendments, corrigendum.
RULES
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and Commencement-
(1) These rules may be called the West Bengal Primary School Teachers Recruitment Rules, 2001.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions-
In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) ‘the Act’ means the West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973;
(b) ‘appointment’ means appointment of teachers of Primary Schools in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules;
(c) ‘authorised officer’ means, unless otherwise specified, an officer not below the rank of Deputy Director of School Education, West Bengal, duly authorized by the Director of School Education, West Bengal.
(d) ‘Board’ means the West Bengal Board of Primary Education established under the Act;
(e) ‘Council’ means a Primary School Council established under the Act;
(g) ‘Director’ means the Director of School Education, West Bengal;
(i) ‘Government’ means the Government of West Bengal;
(j) ‘Head Teacher’ means the teacher of a Primary School appointed as Head Teacher of the primary school by the Council in accordance with these rules;
(j) ‘non-teaching staff’ shall mean the Librarian, or clerk, or peon, or Laboratory attendant, as the case may be;
(k) ‘primary school’ means a school or a department of a school set up under the Act for imparting such primary education as the State Government may prescribe, and includes a primary school or a Junior Basic School recognised under the Act and in existence on the date of coming into force of the West Bengal Primary Education (Amendment) Act, 1996;
(l) ‘panel’ means a list of names of the eligible and selected candidates for appointment as teacher in Primary Schools, published by the Board according to rules;
(m) ‘rule’ means any rule made under section 106 of the Act;
(n) ‘superannuation’ means the date of retirement of a teacher from the service on completion of sixtieth year of his age;
(o) ‘teacher’ means a person who holds a teaching post in a primary school or in a Junior Basic School on a regular and whole time basis, and is paid either wholly or in part from funds under the control of the State Government in the Education Department;
(q) ‘vacancy’ means vacant post of a Primary School teacher caused by (i) creation of a new post by the Council with prior sanction from the Government, (ii) retirement of a teacher, (iii) death of a teacher, (iv) resignation tendered by a teacher and accepted by the Council, (v) removal or dismissal of a teacher or (vi) deputation of a teacher.
CHAPTER II
General
3. Roll strength for a teacher-
(1) A Primary School under the jurisdiction of the Council shall ordinarily have one teacher for every forty pupils or part thereof, not being less than twenty in a hilly, forested other thinly populated area. A second teacher may be admissible when the roll strength exceeds sixty. A third teacher may be admissible when the roll strength exceeds one hundred. Similarly, a fourth teacher may be admissible when the roll strength exceeds one hundred forty and so on. But in no case a primary school is to have less than two teachers.
(2) No Council shall appoint teachers in primary schools within its jurisdiction beyond the number of teacher sanctioned by the State Government for the district or the subdivision.
(3) A council may propose to the Director for sanction of additional posts of primary teachers due to increase in roll strength in primary schools of the district or the subdivision, as the case may be. The Director of School Education will send the said proposal with his views to the School Education Department for necessary sanction of such additional post.
4. Filling up vacancies-
Subject to the condition that the number of vacancies to be filled up shall not exceed the number of sanctioned post of teachers, a Council shall-
(a) determine from time to time, the number of vacancies in primary schools within its jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1) sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3) of rule 3 and take steps to fill up the vacancies as and when necessary.
(b) also determine the vacancies in primary schools within its jurisdiction imparting education in any language other than Bengali, as per guidelines issued by the government and fill in those vacancies.
CHAPTER III
Selection and Appointment
(1) Teacher
5. Appointing Authority-
District Primary School Council, Kolkata Primary School Council/ Siliguri Primary School Council shall be the Appointing Authority.
6. Qualifications –
(1) No person shall be appointed by the Council as a teacher unless he is a citizen of India and has completed the age of 18 years and has not completed the age of 40 years on the first day of the January 1st of the year of advertisement.
(2) The candidate shall possess the following minimum educational qualifications:-
a) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known); or
b) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 45% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known),in accordance with the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations 2002; or
c) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B. El. Ed.); or
d) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education); or
e) Graduation and two year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known);
Note 1. – A person with D.Ed. (Special Education) or B.Ed. (Special Education) qualification shall, after appointment, undergo six month special programme in Elementary Education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
Note 2. – The persons having qualification of Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 50% marks or graduate (irrespective of marks obtained therein) or equivalent without 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known) or 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B. El. Ed.) or 2-year Diploma in Education (Special Education) shall also be eligible for appearing in the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to be conducted for appointment of primary school teachers in the State upto 31st March, 2014, subject to condition that those who are appointed without professional qualification shall acquire the professional qualification as specified in sub-rule (2) of rule 6 above within a period of two (2) years from the year of appointment.
Note 3. – Priority mentioned in sub-rule (8) rule 9, shall be given to the eligible candidates who possess the minimum qualifications as specified in sub-rule (2) of rule 6.
Note 4.- For the purposes of this rule, –
a) a diploma in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) shall be considered;
b) in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B. Ed (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
Note 5. – Any candidate seeking appointment to the post of primary school teacher shall have studied and passed in the specific language as the first or the second language in the Higher Secondary Level or equivalent for which medium of instruction, the candidate is seeking appointment:
Provided that in case of Santhali as medium of instruction, the candidate shall only require to possess proficiency of reading, writing and speaking in OLCH1K1 scripts. It shall not be obligatory for the candidates seeking appointment to the post of primary school teacher in Santhali medium schools to have passed in the specific language as the first or the second language in the Higher Secondary Level or equivalent for which medium of instruction, the candidate is seeking appointment.
Note 6. – In case of the certificate issued by the authority other than the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, the said certificate issuing authority shall be set up a statutory authority and the said certificate issuing authority shall be authorized by the Government of India or by the State Government of the concerned State, as the case may be, for issuing Higher Secondary Level certificate.
Note 7. – All candidates must have studied and obtained Madhyamik (Secondary) Pass Certificate or equivalent with Mathematics and English as subjects.
Note 8. – The equivalent of Madhyamik certificate means the said certificate issuing authority shall be set up as per Act framed by the Government of India or by the State Government of the concerned State and the said authority shall be authorized by the Government of India or by the State Government of the concerned State, as the case may be, for issuing Secondary Level certificate.
Note 9. – The decision of State Government on the question of equivalence for the purpose of sub-rule (2) of rule 6 shall be final.
Note 10. – Candidates belonging to reserved categories SC/ST/OBC/PH/EC shall be allowed relaxation upto 5% in the qualifying marks.
Note 11. – The State Government may, by notification, declare reservation upto 10% of the total posts newly created, for maintaining pupil-teacher ratio in accordance with the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, with a view to providing adequate representation of the candidates of such categories without disturbing the 100-point roster as notified by the State Government from time to time:
Provided that the qualifications for such categories of candidates shall be the same as mentioned in sub rule (2) of rule 6:
Provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in any other rule of these rules, the period of service rendered by any candidate of such categories, shall be available as relaxation of age and no such candidate attaining 55 years of age as on the 1st day January of the year of the advertisement, shall be considered:
Provided also that notwithstanding anything contained in any other rule of these rules, State Government may also issue appropriate order of relaxation of age to a specific category of candidates or some categories of candidates pursuant to order passed by any Court of competent jurisdiction.
Note 12. – The reservation quota for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes(SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Exempted categories (EC), Ex-Service men and for Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates, shall be maintained as per the existing reservation rules as framed by the competent authority, after deducting 10% from total vacancies for appointment on compassionate ground, with relaxation of the upper age limit as admissible under the Government order:
Provided that in case the notification as mention in Note 11 is declared by the State Government, the total vacancies shall mean the existing vacancies plus newly created vacancies after deducting 10% as per provision of this Note.
7. Selection Committee-
(1) The Board shall constitute the Selection Committee/Committees for the purpose of selection of eligible candidates and preparation of panel or panels of such candidates for appointment of teachers in primary schools within the jurisdiction of the Board.
(2) The Selection Committee/Committees shall normally function for a period of two years from the date of its first meeting but the Board may, during the said period, reconstitute the Committee for good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing. Any member of the Committee, other than an ex-officio member, may resign with one month notice to the Chairman. The Board may remove any member, other than an ex-officio member at any time, subject to the condition that such member has been informed of the reason of his removal and has been given an opportunity of being heard.
(3) The Board may, if necessary, constitute one or more sub-committees for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) referred to item in sub-rule (3), of rule 9 and Interview referred to item (vi) of Table A of sub-rule (5) of rule 9. The decision of the sub-committee or subcommittees shall be bound by the decision of the Board.
(4) Any seven members of the Committee including the Chairman shall constitute a quorum.
(5) The Selection Committee shall normally function for a period of two years from the date of its first meeting but the Council may, during the said period, reconstitute the Committee for good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing. Any member of the Committee, other than an ex-officio member, may resign with one month notice to the Chairman. Similarly, the Council may remove any member, other than an ex-officio member at any time, provided that member has been informed of the reason of his removal and has been given an opportunity of being heard if he so desires.
8. Publication of employment notification.-
(1) The Council shall, with the prior approval of the Government, publish the number of vacancies as determined under rule 4, except the vacancies mentioned in rule 14 and the vacancies to be filled up by inter-council transfer under the provisions of sub-section (k) of section 19 of the Act, together with other particulars with respect to such vacancies in two leading daily newspapers, one of which in the local language and other in English, and may also publish in one local weekly newspaper having adequate circulation in the district in which vacancies have occurred and one national level daily newspaper :
Provided further that the Government may, if it considers necessary to do so, notify the vacancies through such electronic media as it may consider necessary:
Provided that the Government may, direct to notify the vacancies taking together all the vacancies in such manner as it may consider necessary.
Note. – The advertisement for filling up vacancies includes vacancies existing on the date of advertisement plus vacancies anticipated to arise against sanctioned strength, in course of next twelve months.
(2) The detailed particulars which may inter alia consist of the following:-
(a) the date, place and time for collection of application form:
(b) the manner of submission of application form;
(c) date and time of written examination;
(d) quota for reservation with due consideration of the reservation policy of the Government of West Bengal;
(e) the manner of payment of application fee;
(f) any other particulars as may be approved by the State Government;
(g) terms and conditions of the recruitment.
(3) With the prior approval of the Government, the Board shall have the following power to lay down the modalities, procedure or guidelines, as the case may be :-
(a) for selection of candidates for appointment;
(b) co-ordinate the entire procedural formalities relating to the recruitment; and
(c) engage any specialized agency for the purpose of written examination.
(4) Application form shall be obtained on payment of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only), which is non-refundable and the manner of payment shall be notified at the time of advertisement provided that the candidates belonging to SC/ST shall require to pay non-refundable fee of Rs. 25/- (rupees twenty five only) for the said purpose.
8A. Fee for application.-
(1) A candidate shall be required to pay a non-refundable application fee of rupees two hundred in the manner as may be notified under sub-rule (2) of rule 8:
Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are required to pay the application fee of rupees fifty only:
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the candidates referred to in the proviso to clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 6, are not required to pay any fee specified in sub-rule (1).
9. Procedure of Selection.-
(1) (a) The Selection Committee shall, after prima facie scrutiny of the duly filled application forms submitted by the eligible candidates having minimum educational qualifications as per rule 6, call for Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in the form of written examination as specified in sub-rule (2) below.
Note.- Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) will be conducted by the Board on a single day throughout the State of West Bengal.
(2) The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) shall be held as per guidelines issued from time to time by the National Council for Teacher Education and a person who will score 60% or above in the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) examination shall be considered as Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) pass provided relaxation upto 5% marks shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to the reserved categories, such as SC/ST/OBC/PH/EC.
(3) Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) shall held in 100 marks consisting ofthe following (five) 5 Sections:-
(a) Section 1 – Child Development – 20 Marks – Question 1 to 20.
(b) Section II – Language I – 20 Marks – Questions 21 to 40.
(c) Section III – Language II – 20 Marks – Questions 41 to 60.
(d) Section IV – Mathematics – 20 Marks – Questions 61 to 80.
(e) Section V – Environmental Science – 20 Marks – Questions 81 to 100.
Note 1.- All questions shall be of multiple choice types with four alternatives out of which one option will be correct. All questions shall be compulsory and each item shall carry one mark. But there will be no negative marking.
Note 2.- First Language of the candidate shall be determined as per the medium of instruction of the primary school for which the vacancy occurred and Second language be English.
(4) The Selection Committee shall call all Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualified candidates as mentioned sub-rule (2), for the Viva-Voce/interview. The performance of the candidates who will be called for Viva-Voce/interview shall be assessed out of 10 marks by the Interview Board formed for the specific purpose.
(5) Thereafter academic, training, performance in Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), Extra Curricular Activities and performance in Viva-Voce/interview of the candidates appeared at the Viva-Voce/interview shall be computed in the following manner as mentioned in Table A below :-
Table-A
| (i) | Madhyamik pass under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent | 10 |
| (ii) | Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent | 15 |
| (iii) | Training as prescribed in sub-rule (2) of rule 6. | 20 |
| (iv) | Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) | 40 |
| (v) | Extra Curricular Activities | 05 |
| (v) | Total | 90 |
| (vi) | Viva-Voce or Interview. | 10 |
| (vii) | Total | 100 |
Note 1.-The percentage of marks to the total full marks obtained by the candidate in the Madhyamik Examination or its equivalent excluding additional marks, if any, shall be computed as percentage of 10.
Note 2.-The percentage of marks to the total full marks obtained by the candidate in the H.S. Examination or its equivalent excluding additional marks, if any, shall be computed as percentage of 15.
Note 3.- 70% and above marks obtained by the candidate in Training shall be awarded 20, 50% above but below 70% marks obtained by the candidate in Training shall be awarded 17 and below 50% marks but passed in the Training by the candidate shall be awarded 15.
Note 4.- The percentage of marks to the total full marks ob