Odisha Government releases revised guidelines for recruitment of junior
teachers (schematic) on annual agreement basis.
- Engagement of all Junior Teachers (Schematic) will be made by respective Zilla Parishads.
- Recruitment by : OSEPA / other AGENCY
- Advertisement by : OSEPA
- Syllabus & Remuneration : mentioned in the advertisement
- Application : Online mode
- Eligibility : Passed (+2) / (+3) AND 2/4 year Diploma in El. Ed. / B.Ed (More details in para 5 of the Resolution)
- Age : 18-38 Years ( other relaxations / reservations as applicable)
- Merit List : District wise and category wise draft merit list will be prepared taking into consideration all district preference submitted by individual candidates followed by merit rank.
- Engagement : Annual Agreement basis.
- Renewal of Agreement : Renewed in subsequent years depending on the performance of the candidates.
- Leave : Casual leave of 15 days during one calendar year.
- Maternity Leave : Entitled to avail (Lady teacher)
- Unauthorised Absence : Proportionate amount from consolidated remuneration shall be deducted.
- Regularisation & promotion : As prescribed in the Odisha Elementary Education (Method of Recruitment and conditions of Service of Teachers and Officers) Amendment Rules, 2014,
"Elementary Teachers are appointed in the State through absorption of Junior Teachers after three years of continuous and satisfactory service considered through a committee at the district level. A Junior Teacher (Schematic) becomes eligible to be a Junior Teacher after three years of continuous and satisfactory service."
In accordance with the provisions under section 38 of the said Act., the Odisha Right of the Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules,2010 (here in after called the said Rules) have been notified by the State Government vide Notification No.17291/SME, dated 27.09.2010 and it came into force w.e.f. 18th October,2010. The said Act proposes to provide free and compulsory education to every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years. Section 8 (g) of the said Act stipulates that the State Government shall ensure good quality elementary education conforming to the standards and norms specified in the schedule.
In pursuance of section 23 of the said Act, the National
Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), being the Academic Authority, has laid down
the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as
a Teacher in classes I to VIII, vide Notifications published in Gazette No.215, dated
25.08.2010. Keeping in view the provisions of the said Act and Rules and the guidelines
issued by the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE), Government have issued the
Resolution bearing No. 444/SME, dated 05.01.2019 in supersession of this Department
Resolution bearing No.25605/SME, dated 26.12.2016 and Corrigendum No.23322/SME,
dated 30.11.2017, Resolution No.587/SME, dated10.01.2011, No.18536/SME, dated
19.11.2009. No.673/SME, dated 10.01.2008, No.11676/SME, dated 31.05.2006
and Corrigendum No. 20000/SME, dated 12.10.2006 and Resolution No.22438/SME,
dated 14.11.2007 & Addendum No.3817/SME, dated26.02.2009 prescribing the
guidelines for engagement of Sikshya Sahayak subsequently designated as Junior Teacher
(Schematic).As prescribed in the Odisha Elementary Education (Method of Recruitment and
conditions of Service of Teachers and Officers) Amendment Rules,2014, Elementary
Teachers are appointed in the State through absorption of Junior Teachers after three
years of continuous and satisfactory service considered through a committee at the
district level. A Junior Teacher (Schematic) becomes eligible to be a Junior Teacher after
three years of continuous and satisfactory service. Their six years of engagement as
mentioned above will be co-terminus with that of Samagra Sikshya scheme till their
absorption in the regular Elementary cadre.
The NCTE have revised the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to V and classes VI to VIII and issued Notifications by way of amendment to the Notification issued earlier vide Gazette No.215, dated 25.08.2010. Accordingly, the eligibility of candidates for engagement of Junior Teacher (Schematic) has been determined based on the notifications issued by NCTE and the Judgement dated 11.08.2023 of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.5068/2023 arising out of SLP (C) No.20743 of 2021 and batch of cases. Guideline for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) has been prescribed by NCTE vide letter dated 11.02.2011, since passing TET is one of the essential conditions for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in Clause (n) of section-2 of the said Act. Accordingly, guidelines for conducting Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) have been formulated vide Resolution No.14302/SME, dated 04.06.2012and Corrigendum No. 23082/SME, dated 22.10.2018, Resolution No.11787/SME, dated 15.05.2023 and subsequent amendment vide Resolution No.14339/SME, dated 09.06.2023.
Now, the Government have been pleased to supersede the
previous resolutions and have decided to conduct the recruitment for engagement of
Junior Teacher (Schematic) through an online computer-based test as per the details
given below.
1. That, all the functions of Elementary Education will be
transferred in phases to Zilla Parishad and other Panchayati Raj Institutions.
2. That, engagement of all Junior Teachers (Schematic) will
be made by respective Zilla Parishads under each category i.e. for Classes I to V
and Classes VI to VIII under the programme of Samagra Sikshya (SS) for implementation of the
said Act for elementary education.
3. ADVERTISEMENT
OSEPA on behalf of School & Mass Education Department will
publish an advertisement in widely circulated Odia & English daily
newspapers inviting online applications from intending candidates for engagement as
Junior Teacher (Schematic).
The advertisement will contain the following details
i. The date and manner of availability of application form
and other details regarding recruitment.
ii. Last date of submission of online application.
iii. The intending candidate may visit OSEPA website for
further information as mentioned below:
(a) District wise number of vacancies &vacancies reserved
for different social categories / PwD candidates / Ex-servicemen / Sports personnel, as
per ORV Act and other prevailing Acts and Rules.
(b) Remuneration admissible to the post.
(c) Syllabus of examination
(d) Documents to be submitted at the time of submission of
online application and before the concerned Authorities for verification.
The onus of submission of all required documents on or before
the stipulated timeline will be on the candidate only.
(e) Government Resolution
4. MODE OF APPLICATION
In order to appear in the online computer-based test for the
post of Junior Teacher (Schematic), the candidates are required to apply through
online mode as per the procedure mentioned in the Advertisement.
A Calendar of Activities along with timeline for the total
selection process will be published in OSEPA website with due approval of Government.
5. ELIGIBILITY
Candidates securing percentage of marks in their academic
qualification as per the eligibility mentioned below can apply for the online
computer-based test for engagement as Junior Teacher (Schematic). The percentage of marks
secured by the candidates in aggregate out of the total marks will be taken into
consideration for eligibility.
5.1 (i) CATEGORY-1 (For Classes I to V)
(a) Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 50%
marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)
c. Candidates must have Odia as MIL up to class-X or pass in odia language test equivalent to Matric standard conducted or declared equivalent by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha except for the candidates as mentioned under Para 5.2.
(ii) CATEGORY-2 (For Classes VI to VIII)
a. Graduation and two-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)
Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
c. Candidates must have odia as MIL up to class-X or pass in odia language test equivalent to Matric standard conducted or declared equivalent by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha except for the candidates as mentioned under Para 5.2.
5.2 In order to be eligible for Urdu/Bengali/Telugu Junior Teacher (Schematic), candidates must have passed Urdu/ Bengali/Telugu as the case may be as MIL up to High School Certificate (HSC) standard. Since their engagement is likely to be held in the bilingual schools, such candidates shall produce a certificate from the Head Master of the concerned school to the effect that she/he has passed HSC examination in odia medium.
5.3 Persons with Diploma in Education (Special Education) or B.Ed. (Special Education) qualification shall undergo, after appointment, an NCTE recognised 6- month Special Programme in Elementary Education.
5.4 Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as SC, ST, SEBC and PwDs.
5.5 Candidates can apply in Category-1, in category-2 or both as per their eligibility. In case a candidate applies for both the categories, she/he will have to exercise irrevocable option of preference (between category 1 and 2) for engagement at the time of submission of application.
i. For the purpose of equivalency of Higher Secondary (+2), examinations conducted by the institutions declared equivalent by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha shall be considered.
ii. For the purpose of equivalency of Graduation and Post-Graduation, examinations conducted by the institutions declared equivalent by the Universities of Odisha shall be considered. The said university must have been affiliated to UGC.
iii. For the purpose of degree in Teacher Education (B.Ed.), B.Ed. Degree of other universities declared equivalent with corresponding degree of the Universities of Odisha and a course recognised by the NCTE shall be considered.
iv. For the purpose of two years Diploma in Education (Special Education) or one year B.Ed, (Special Education), a course recognised by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) shall be considered. The candidate must have registered his/her name with the RCI and at the time of submission of application, she/he has to submit the RCI Registration certificate.
v. 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 she/he shall not be considered as eligible for selection.
vi. A candidate furnishing certificates, mark sheets with grades and grade points shall have to also furnish numerical equivalence of grades/grades point from the examining bodies failing which she/he shall not be treated as eligible for selection.
vii. In case of compartmental examination, the fail marks secured in the subject(s) is to be deducted from the total marks and pass marks of the compartmental examination shall be added to the total marks for arriving at the effective percentage of marks.
6.1 Candidates shall not be below 18 years of age and above 38 years of age as on the date of publication of advertisement.
Provided that the relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed to the candidates of different Social/Special categories in the following manner: a. In case of ST, SC, Women & SEBC candidates, the upper age limit shall be relaxed by 05 years
b. In case of PwD candidates the upper age limit shall be relaxed by10 years.
c. In case of ex-servicemen G.A. Department Notification No.22586/Gen., dated 16.10.1985 will apply.
For relaxation of the upper age limit to different categories of candidates, the OCS (Fixation of upper Age Limit) Rules,1989 and other relevant rules/instructions shall be followed.
6.2 Government by Notification may allow specific group/category of candidates to avail age relaxation, if considered appropriate.
7.1 The Orissa Reservation Vacancies Posts & Services (for Scheduled castes & Scheduled Tribes) Act,1975, along with the rules made there under and OCS (Reservation of Vacancies for Women in Public Services) Rules,1994 such other principles of reservation as prescribed by the State Government from time to time shall be followed. In case of PwD candidates, provisions contained in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,2016 and G.A. & P.G
Department instructions thereof shall be followed.
7.2 The PwD candidates having temporary disability shall not be entertained for engagement. The candidates those will avail the reservation/relaxation of age limit under provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,2016shall have to appear before the State Appellate Medical Board before their engagement and their engagement will be subject to clearance by the Board.
7.3 Candidates under reserved category availing relaxation of age or qualifying marks shall be considered under their Social Category only.
8.1 Publication of Master List
After expiry of last date of submission of online application form, list of the candidates for each category with respect to their first preference district as submitted by them at the time of submission of application form will be published in OSEPA website. Information on subsequent preference districts of each candidate will also be available in OSEPA website on search.
8.2 Online Computer-Based Test
An online computer-based test will be conducted by OSEPA /an Authorised Agency as per the syllabus contained in the advertisement to be published before the recruitment.
8.3 District wise and Category wise draft merit list
District wise and category wise draft merit list will be published in OSEPA website. Draft merit list will be prepared taking into consideration all district preference submitted by individual candidates in order of preference followed by merit rank i.e. for a particular district, after exhausting all candidates having 1st preference, subsequent preferences will be considered. In case of a tie i.e. when two or more candidates obtain equal score, inter-se merit of such candidates shall be decided in the order as mentioned below:
i. Date of birth (Older candidate will be above other candidates) ii. Percentage of marks in qualifying examination i.e in Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) will be considered. In case of further tie, marks secured in Graduation will be taken into consideration followed by post-Graduation marks.
If a tie still persists, Government will issue suitable instructions for breaking the tie.
For a particular post, in a category within district, district preference will be preferred over merit.
8.4 Document verification
After publication of the draft merit list, all candidates in the said list will be called for verification of original documents at their respective district headquarters. All documents required for verification will be notified by OSEPA in the detailed advertisement in OSEPA website.
During document verification, if any candidate is not able to produce the essential document(s) in support of his/her claim of the Social/Special category/Age proof/Academic & Training qualification/RCI registration certificate as per information provided in the application form, the candidature will be rejected and his/her name will be marked as deleted in the draft merit list. The candidates have to produce the Academic and Training qualification/RCI registration certificate (in case of Special Education Candidates) acquired/issued on or before the last date of submission of online application.
8.5 Preparation of District wise Provisional Merit List and Approval
Provisional merit list will be prepared after document verification of the candidates placed in the draft merit list. Then objections will be invited from the candidates who are placed in the provisional merit list and rejection list. The provisional merit list will be approved by the Competent Authorities at respective districts after verification of the original documents and inviting objections from candidates within specific time period as mentioned in the calendar of activities issued by the School & Mass Education Department.
8.6 Publication of District wise Final Merit List
District wise final merit list will be published at concerned District websites as well as OSEPA website after approval by the Competent Authority.
8.7 Counselling
The candidates will be called for allocation of schools through counselling by respective districts. Separate notifications will be issued and displayed by respective districts in their District websites as well as OSEPA website.
Vacancies remain due to unavailability of eligible candidates, rejection and non- joining will be carried forward and recruitment will be done subsequently as per requirement. There will be no waiting list.
9.1 Junior Teacher (Schematic) will be engaged in each Revenue District by the respective Zilla Parishad by a selection committee headed by the Collector-cum- Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad as Chairman and District Education Officer, All the Block Education Officers of the district, District Project Coordinator (SS), District Employment Officer and the District Welfare Officer as the members. The District Project Coordinator (SS) will act as convener of the committee and shall prepare the draft select list and place the same before the Zilla Parishad with due approval of Collector-cum-CEO, Zilla Parishad. The final selection will be made by Zilla Parishad within a maximum of 15 days. In case,
the Zilla Parishad does not approve the select list within the stipulated time, the draft select list submitted with due approval of the Collector-cum-CEO, Zilla Parishad will be deemed to be approved.
9.2 The select list for each Revenue District will be valid for a period of one year from the date of its publication or till exhaustion of valid merit list or till publication of next advertisement, whichever is earlier.
9.3 Orders of engagement shall be issued by the Zilla Parishad through its CEO.
9.4 The engagement will be on Annual Agreement basis. Agreement will be renewed in subsequent years depending on the performance of the candidates. Prior to renewal of the agreement of the Junior Teacher (Schematic), the Junior Teacher (Schematic) has to obtain a certificate from the concerned Headmaster regarding his/her regular attendance and satisfactory service which is to be produced before the Zilla Parishad. The Junior Teacher (Schematic) can be disengaged from the service with a prior notice of 30 days, if she/he violates the conditions of the agreement on the basis of adverse report of the Block Education Officer i.e. on un-authorised absence/misconduct/involvement in criminal cases etc.
10.1 The Junior Teacher (Schematic) shall perform the following duties.
i. Teaching in the school shall be the main duty of the Junior Teacher (Schematic)
ii. They must maintain regularity and punctuality in attending school.
iii. They must ensure completion of entire curriculum within the specified time.
iv. They must assess the learning ability of each child and accordingly supplement additional instructions as required.
v. They must ensure minimum level of learning (MLL) for the students as prescribed by the Competent Authority (School & Mass Education Department)
vi. They must ensure at least 90% attendance of the children in respective schools in all classes.
vii. They shall reduce the drop out of the children in the school.
viii. They shall motivate the parents/ guardians of the village in which primary school is situated for enrolment of children within the age group of 6 to 14 years. It shall be his/her duty to contact parents/guardians in case children fail to attend classes regularly and get back such children to the classes.
ix. They will hold regular meeting with parents and guardians and appraise them about the regularity in attendance, ability to learn, progress made in learning and any other relevant information about the child.
x. They shall abide by the policy of rationalization of teachers of the Government as issued from time to time.
xi. They shall perform the duties as will be entrusted upon him/her by the concerned Head Master or Head Mistress.
xii. They may be assigned any other work in furtherance of the objective of universalisation of Primary Education/RTE Act by Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad or any other authority as decided by Government in School & Mass Education Department from time to time.
xiii. They shall perform all such other duties as assigned to them by the competent authority as and when required.
xiv. The engagement shall be cancelled, if any fraudulent testimonial is detected in future or if she/he has been criminally proceeded against.
10.2 The data of all newly recruited Junior Teacher (Schematic) would be recorded in the teacher profile.
10.3 The Junior Teacher (Schematic) will get consolidated monthly remuneration as decided by Government from time to time.
10.4 The Junior Teacher (Schematic) would attend training programme as may be fixed by Government from time to time.
10.5 The engagement would be on the basis of annual agreement. In case Zilla Parishad decided not to renew the agreement, appeal shall lie to the Government within three months of non-renewal of agreement.
10.6 The Junior Teacher (Schematic) shall be eligible for casual leave of 15 days during one calendar year. She/he shall not be entitled to any other authorised absence beyond the above-mentioned period. If she/he remains absent with permission and if she/he does not have any authorised leave at her/his credit, the proportionate amount from consolidated remuneration shall be deducted. Any absence of more than 30 days beyond the casual leave of 15 days in one Agreement period will be treated as unauthorised absence and while calculating the period of 03 years for Junior Teachers and 06 years for Regular Teachers, similar period will be added to either 03 or 06 years of eligibility to be Junior Teacher or Regular Teacher, as the case may be.
10.7 Any Lady Junior Teacher (Schematic) who is having less than two surviving children is entitled to avail six months leave or a period as decided by the Government from time to time on account of maternity. In case, the date of renewal of agreement falls during maternity leave, the Junior Teacher (Schematic) will renew the annual agreement immediately on joining. In case, she does not join after availing six months of maternity leave, such period of absence from duty will be treated as unauthorised and she will work similar period as Junior Teacher (Schematic) or Junior Teacher to be eligible to be Junior Teacher or Regular Teacher as the case may be.
10.8 The agreement as prescribed by Government, between Collector-cum- C.E.O., Zilla Parishad and Junior Teacher (Schematic) is to be executed on stamped paper.
10.9 Funds as required for remuneration for Junior Teacher (Schematic) for each district will be placed with the respective Zilla Parishads who shall pay to the Junior Teacher (Schematic).
10.10 The provisions contained in Para 10.1 to 10.9 will also be applicable to the Junior Teachers.
10.11 For any clarification on the above provisions, the same be obtained from Government of Odisha in School & Mass Education Department.
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