Applications are invited from eligible candidates for Direct Recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors in Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service for Government Arts & Science Colleges and Government Colleges of Education through online mode only up to 05.00 p.m. on 29.04.2024.
The Government have granted permission to fill up 4000 (Four Thousand) vacancies for appointment to the posts of Assistant Professors in the Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service for Government Arts & Science Colleges and Government Colleges of Education by Direct Recruitment in accordance with the G.O.(Ms)No.246, G.O.(Ms)No.247 and G.O.(Ms)No.248, Higher Education (F2) Department, Dated: 08.11.2022 respectively.
Note: “THE CANDIDATES WHO HAD ALREADY APPLIED AND PAID THE FEES EARLIER IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTIFICATION NO.12/2019, DATED: 28.08.2019 AND 04.10.2019 HAVE TO APPLY AGAIN AFRESH BUT THEY ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE PAYMENT OF ONLINE APPLICATION REGISTRATION FEES.”
Name of the Post: Assistant Professor
Pay Scale: Rs. 57,700 – 1,82,400 (Level 10)
Post Code: 24ASC
Total No. of Vacancies: 4000
Including Backlog Vacancies-72, Shortfall Vacancies-4, Special Recruitment Presidency College-3 and Current Vacancies- 3921
Important Dates:
- Date of Notification: 14.03.2024
- Date of Commencement of Applying through Online mode: 28.03.2024
- Last Date for Submission of Application through Online mode: 29.04.2024
- Date of Examination: 04.08.2024 (Tentative)
- Date of Interview: Will be announced later
Vacancy details Subject-wise:
Backlog/Carried Forward Vacances: 72 nos
- English
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Botany
- Zoology
- Computer Science
- History
- Geography
- Economics
- Commerce
- Commerce (Comp. Appn.)
- Commerce (E Commerce)
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Business Administration
- Sanskrit
Shortfall Vacancies: 4 nos
- English
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Geography
Current Vacancies: 3921 Nos
- Bio Chemistry
- Biological Science Education
- Botany
- Plant Biology and Plant Bio- Technology
- Bio Technology
- Business Administration
- Computer Science
- Computer Application
- Chemistry
- Commerce
- Commerce (Accounts & Finance)
- Commerce (Banking & Insurance)
- Commerce (Computer Application)
- Commerce (ECommerce)
- Commerce (International Business)
- Commerce (Co-Operation)
- Commerce (Corporate Secretaryship)
- Costume Design and Fashion
- Defence Studies
- English
- Economics
- Education
- Electronics
- Electronics and Communication
- Environmental Science
- Fashion Technology
- Food Service Management & Dietetics
- Food Science & Nutrition
- Food & Nutrition
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Historical Studies
- History Education
- Home Science
- Human Resource Development (HRD)
- Human Rights
- Hindi
- Information Technology
- Indian Culture and Tourism
- Indian Music
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Micro Biology
- Marine Biology
- Mathematics Education
- Malayalam
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Political Science
- Physics
- Physical Education
- Physical Science Education
- Public Administration
- Psychology
- Statistics
- Sociology
- Social Work
- Sanskrit
- Tourism and Travel Management
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
- Visual Communication
- Wild Life Biology
- Zoology
To Teach Deaf Candidates (2- nos): Tamil, Computer Application
Qualifications:
A. Age Limit: Candidates should not have completed 57 years as on 01-07-2024.
B. Educational Qualifications: (As on the date of notification) & (As per G.O.(Ms) No.05, Higher Education (H1) Department, Dated.11.01.2021).
C. Direct Recruitment :
For the Disciplines of Arts, Commerce, Humanities, Education, Social Sciences, Sciences, Languages, Physical Education and Journalism & Mass Communication.
Assistant Professor: Eligibility (a or b):
a. i) A Master’s degree with a minimum of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned / relevant / allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.
A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed at the Bachelor’s as well as at the Master‘s level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities / Backward Classes / Differently-abled ((a)Blindness and low vision; (b)Deaf and Hard of Hearing; (c)Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid-attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d)Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability (e)Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness) for the purpose of eligibility and assessing good academic record for direct recruitment.
The eligibility marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible, based only on the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedure. A relaxation of 5% shall be provided, (from 55% to 50% of the marks) to the Ph.D. Degree holders who have obtained their Master’s Degree prior to 19 September 1991.
ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M. Phil. / Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be exempted from NET/ SLET/ SET :
Provided, the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances / Bye-laws / Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities / Colleges / Institutions subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:
a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;
b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal;
e) The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences / seminars sponsored / funded / supported by the UGC / ICSSR / CSIR or any similar agency.
The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
(OR)
b. The Ph.D degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among the top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following:
(i) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), (ii) The Times Higher Education (THE) or (iii) The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).
Note: NET / SLET / SET shall not be a required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET / SLET / SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET / SET.
Remark: For the Special Recruitment to teach the deaf candidates, apart from the qualification mentioned above, they should possess anyone of the following additional special qualifications:
a. Rehabilitation Council of India approved Disability related (Deaf) Course-Senior
Diploma in Teaching the Deaf (Hearing Impairment)
(or)
b. Special B.Ed. in teaching the Hearing Impairment
D. Equivalence of qualification:
The Government orders relating to equivalence of qualification are available in the Teachers Recruitment Board’s website. However, if the candidate possesses an equivalence of qualification other than one mentioned in the Board’s website and if Government orders to this effect have been issued on or before the date of this notification, candidates should furnish the details of the same while applying and should upload a copy of the Government order at the time of uploading of documents, failing which his/her candidature will be rejected after due process. The Government orders regarding equivalence of qualification issued after the date of this notification will not be considered for this recruitment.
E. Adequate knowledge of the official language of the State, namely, Tamil:
As per the Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service rules, every person appointed to any category of the services of Collegiate Education by direct recruitment whose mother tongue is other than Tamil or who have not studied Tamil in any school or college should pass the special language test in Tamil for officers of the Education Department (Higher Standard) having Code No.027 (Paper-I) and Code No.042 (Paper-II) conducted by TNPSC, within a period of two years from the date of appointment.
How to Apply:
- Read carefully the “How to Apply” section given in the advertisement / website.
- Candidates should apply only through online mode in the Teachers Recruitment Board website https://www.trb.tn.gov.in. The application process is entirely online. No other mode of application will be entertained.
- A valid e-mail id and Mobile Number of candidates are mandatory for registration and e-mail id should be kept active for any future correspondence.
- Evidence for claims made by the candidate while applying online shall be uploaded by the candidate at the time of Registration itself. The same will be verified subsequently at the time of Certificate Verification and Interview.
- All the particulars mentioned in the online application including name of the candidate, post applied for, subject applied for, communal reservation, date of birth, address and all other fields will be considered as final and no modifications shall be allowed after the last date specified for applying through online. Candidates are requested to fill in the online application form with utmost care and caution, as no correspondence regarding change of particulars will be entertained at any cost.
- Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation or correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under any circumstances
UPLOADING THE DOCUMENTS:
Candidates should upload the required documents for proof in respect of all the claims made in the application with reference to this notification as and when called for. If the required certificates are not uploaded by the applicant, within the stipulated time, his/her application will be rejected after due process.
The following Original Certificates and Mark Statements are to be uploaded in the portal along with the Online application:
- 10th / SSLC Mark Sheet
- 12th / HSC Mark Sheet
- Diploma or its equivalent, if applicable
- Consolidated Marks Sheet of all Semesters
- Diploma Certificate or Provisional Certificate
- UG Degree Certificate
1. Consolidated Marks Sheet of all Semesters
2. Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate - PG Degree Certificate
1. Consolidated Mark Sheet of all Semesters
2. Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate - M.Phil. Degree, if applicable
- Consolidated Mark Sheet of all Semesters
- Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate
- B.Ed. Degree, if applicable
- Consolidated Mark Sheet of all Semesters
- Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate
- M.Ed. Degree, if applicable
- Consolidated Mark Sheet of all Semesters
- Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate
- Ph.D. Degree/Viva Voce approval letter from university, if applicable
- NET / SLET, etc., Certificate, if applicable
- Evidence (G.O.) for Equivalence of Qualification, if applicable
- Community Certificate
- Proof for claiming Persons Studied in Tamil Medium reservation (PSTM), if applicable (ANNEXURE- I & II)
- No Objection Certificate from the HOD or Appointing Authority, if applicable. (ANNEXURE-III)
- Conduct a Certificate from the last studied Institution
- Character Certificate from a Gazetted officer
- Transgender ID Card with Gender Certificate, if applicable.
- Differently Abled (PwD) Certificate, if applicable
Important Note: The experience certificate of Guest Lecturers, if applicable shall be uploaded in Candidate’s Dashboard as per the format given in Annexure-IV between 01.07.2024 and 30.07.2024.
General Information:
- a. Candidates should keep ready their scanned recent color passport size photograph (Jpg/Jpeg/Png format of size 20-60 kb) and signature (Jpg/Jpeg/Png format of size 10-30 KB) separately. The candidates will have to upload their photo image and signature while applying online. The online application uploaded without the candidate’s photograph and candidate’s signature will be summarily rejected. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.
- These certificates shall be uploaded in Jpg/Jpeg/Png format of size 60-120 Kb.
- A valid e-mail id and Mobile Number of candidates are mandatory for registration and e-mail id should be kept active as all future communications will be sent to the registered email id only.
- If the candidate is applying for more than one post or subject, he / she should submit separate application form for each subject. In such cases the candidate should use different email id and mobile number for registration. But a candidate cannot apply more than once for the same subject. Otherwise, his/her both applications will be rejected.
- Evidence for claims made by the candidate while applying online shall be uploaded by the candidate at the time of Registration itself, which will be verified during the time of Certificate Verification and Interview.
- Incomplete applications and applications containing false claims or incorrect particulars relating to category of reservation, basic qualifications and other eligibility criteria will be liable for rejection and criminal action will be initiated against the candidate.
- The number of vacancies notified is only tentative and it is subject to modification with reference to vacancy position given by the User Department before finalization of selection.
- Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification for selection.
- No TA/DA will be paid for Certificate Verification and attending Interview.
- In the matter of recruitment, the decision of the Teachers Recruitment Board is final.
- The online application can be submitted till 05.00 p.m. on 24.04.2024 after which the
link will be disabled.
Last Date For Submission of Filled-In Application Forms:
The last date for submission of filled-in Application Forms through Online mode is on or before 29.04.2024 at 5.00 p.m. After that the online link will be disabled. Incomplete application will be rejected.
