Notification No.

13/2019
Date: 27.11.2019

GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU
TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD
4th Floor, EVK Sampath Maaligai, DPI Campus, College Road,
Chennai – 600 006.
Website: http://www.trb.tn.nic.in

NOTIFICATION
Applications are invited only through online mode from eligible
candidates for the Direct Recruitment for the post of Block Educational Officer
in Elementary Education department for the year 2 0 1 8 -20 19.

Name of the Post & Scale Post No. of

Sl.No Service
of Pay Code Vacancies

Block Educational Officer in Tamil Nadu

the minimum pay of Elementary
1 19 BEO 97
Rs.36900-116600 Educational Sub-
(Level-18) Ordinate Service rules

1. Important Dates :-

:
A Date of Notification 27 .11.2019

Date of Commencement
B application through online mode : Will be announced shortly.

Last date for submission of

C application through online mode : Will be announced shortly.

Date of Online Computer Based

D Examination : Will be announced later

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2.The Details of Vacancies:

Communal Turn No.of Vacancies

GT 16
GT T 3
GT W 7
GT WT 1
GT VI 1
GT W HI 1
BC 14
BC Autism 1
BC T 3
BC W 7
BC WT 1
BCM 2
BCM W 1
MBC/DNC 11
MBC/DNC LD 1
MBC/DNC T 2
MBC/DNC W 5
MBC/DNC WT 1
SC 8
SC T 2
SC W 4
SC WT 1
SCA 1
SCA T 1
SCA WT 1
ST T 1
Total 97

Note: The estimated number of vacancies given above is tentative and

subject to modification and inclusion from time to time.

ABBREVIATIONS

GT General Turn BC Backward Class BCM Backward Class Muslim

MBC / Most Backward Class / SC Scheduled Caste SCA Scheduled Caste Arundhathyar
DNC Denotified Communities

ST Scheduled Tribe T Tamil Medium W Woman

G General

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Category I : (a) Blindness and Low vision – 1% Reservation

Category II : (b) Deaf and Hard of Hearing – 1% Reservation

Category III : (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured,
dwarfism, acid victims, muscular dystrophy – 1% Reservation.

Category IV : (d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and

mental illness and Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under
clauses (a) to (d) - 1% Reservation

3. Reservations:

a) Vertical Reservation: 69% Communal reservation will be followed

vertically as per existing Government rules / Orders i . e .,18% shall be

reserved for Scheduled Castes including 3% offered to

Arunthathiyars on preferential basis amongst the Scheduled Castes,

1% for Scheduled Tribes, 26.5% for Backward Classes (other than

Backward Class Muslims), 3.5% for the Backward Class Muslims,

20% for Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities and

31% shall be filled on the basis of merit.

Provided that even after filling up of the required candidates for posts

reserved for Arunthathiyars amongst the Scheduled Castes, if

more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, such excess

number of candidates of Arunthathiyars shall be entitled to compete

with the other Scheduled Castes in the inter-se-merit among

them and if any appointment or post reserved for

Arunthathiyars remains unfilled for want of adequate number of

qualified candidates, it shall be filled up by Scheduled Castes other than

Arunthathiyars.

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b) Horizontal Reservation:

i. Women Reservation: 30% Women reservation will be

provided horizontally as per existing Government Rules / Orders. If

qualified and suitable women candidates are not available for

selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies

will be filled by male candidates belonging to those respective

communal categories.

ii. Reservation for Persons Studied in Tamil Medium

(PSTM): For the direct recruitment of Block Educational Officer, 20%

horizontal reservation on preferential basis for persons who studied

both U.G degree and B.E d. /Special B.Ed. degree in Tamil

Medium will be followed as per G.O. MS No.145 (P & AR)

department dated 30.09.2010. This reservation is subject to the

availability of suitable eligible candidates. In the event of non-availability

of such candidates the posts reserved for PSTM candidates will be

filled by non-Tamil medium candidates.

iii. Reservation for Persons with Disability: The reservation

of 4% as per G.O.(Ms) No.21 Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP

3.2) Department dated.30.5.2017 for differently-abled persons will be

followed.

4. Qualifications:

a) Age Limit:

Candidates belonging to Backward Class, Backward Class (Muslims),

Most Backward Class / Denotified Communities, Scheduled Castes

including Arundathiyars and Scheduled Tribes should not be over 57

years as on 01-07-2019 as the age of superannuation is 58 years. For

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General Category, Candidates upper age limit is 35 years. As per

G.O.Ms.No.182 School Education (EE1(1)) Department Dated

14.10.2016.

b) Educational Qualifications:

i) The candidate should possess minimum general qualification as stated in

G.O.Ms.No.182, School Education (G1), Dated.25.07.2007. Graduate degree B.A./B.Sc. with

Tamil, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Biology, History and

Geography as Major subjects obtained from a recognized University.

ii) The Candidate should possess the Professional qualification ie. B.Ed degree

obtained from a recognized University.

iii) The candidates not having prescribed qualifications, as on

the prior date of issue of notification shall not be eligible to apply. The

candidates should satisfy themselves about their eligibility before

applying. It is to be noted that if a candidate is allowed to appear for

the examination it does not imply that the eligibility of the candidate is

verified. The eligibility shall be verified by the Board only at the time

of Certificate Verification.

Note: All qualifying certificate / equivalent certificates

results should have been declared prior to the date of issue of

notification.

c) Equivalent Qualifications: If a candidate claims

that the educational qualification in the subject possessed by the

candidate is equivalent to, though not the same, as those prescribed for

the appointment, the candidate has to produce the subject

equivalence government order issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu

at the time of Certificate Verification. The Government Order for

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equivalence must have been issued before the last date of submission

for online application.

5. How to Apply :
a. Read carefully the "How to Apply" section given in the advertisement.

b. Candidates should apply only through online mode in the Teachers Recruitment

Board website http://www.trb.tn.nic.in. The application process is entirely online. No other

mode of application will be accepted.

c. A valid e-mail id and Mobile Number of candidate are mandatory for

registration and e-mail id should be kept active for any future correspondence.

d. 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.

e. 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 will be allowed after

the last date specified for applying through online. Since certain fields are mandatory and

fixed which cannot be edited, 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.

f. If a candidate is willing to apply for more than one subject (if he/she is otherwise

eligible and qualified) separate application form shall be submitted through online mode.

Use separate email id and mobile number for each application as these fields are kept as

unique identity for individual candidates.

g. The applicants are advised to submit only one application for each
subject. However, if due to any unavoidable situation, he/she submits
another/multiple applications, then he/she must ensure that application is
complete in all respects like applicant's details, photograph, signature, fee
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etc. The fee paid against one application shall not be adjusted against any
other.
h. Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily
rejected. No representation or correspondence regarding such rejection
shall be entertained under any circumstances.
i. The candidates are advised to exercise due diligence at the time
of filling the application. In case if duplicate application of a candidate for
the same subject is detected, Board will consider only the latest application.
6. Examination Fee
a. The Examination fee is Rs.500/- for all the candidates except

SC, SCA, ST and Person with Disability. For SC, SCA, ST and

Person with Disability Candidates, the examination fee is Rs. 250/-

Since the examination fee is different for various categories, candidates are

advised to enter the correct Community / Person with Disability category.

Once the payment is made, it will not be refunded.

b. Online payment to be made only through Payment Gateway.

(Net banking/Credit Card / Debit Card)

c. Offline mode of payment in any form such as Demand Draft /

Postal order etc. will not be accepted.

d. The candidates have also to pay the service charges as applicable

for online payment.

7. Scheme of Examination:
i . The Online Computer Based Examination will consist of a
single paper of 3 hours duration with 150 MCQs. Each question carries
one mark. The marks allotted to the Main Subject, General
Knowledge and Education Methodology as per G.O.Ms.No.33,
School Education (EE 1(1) Department, Dated.19.02.2019.

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General Paper comprising of
subjects(Tamil, English, mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, 110
Biology, History, and Geography

General Knowledge 10

Education Methodology 30

Total 150

The syllabus for the Examination has been issued as per

G.O.Ms.No.33, School Education (EE1 (1)) Dept, Dt.19.02.2019. The
syllabus can be downloaded from the TRB website
http://www.trb.tn.nic.in.

ii) Minimum Eligibility Mark: As per G.O.Ms.No.33,

School Education (EE 1(1) Department, Dated.19.02.2019. candidates have
to secure a minimum of 50% marks in the examination (for SC-45%
mark, ST-40% mark, others- 50% marks).

iii. Normalization of the marks:

The Online Computer Based Examination may be conducted
in multiple sessions. Whenever Online Computer Based
Examination is conducted in multiple sessions based on the same
syllabus, same pattern for candidates having same eligibility criteria,
the raw marks obtained by the candidates in different sessions will
be converted to normalized marks. A candidate will be permitted to
appear only in one session.
In case if there is only one session, actual marks obtained by the
candidates will be used for calculating the merit list.
iv. Calculation of normalized marks for multi-session
papers:

In case of multi session papers, a suitable normalization is

applied to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels of

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the question papers across different sessions.
The following Normalization formula for calculating the
normalized marks for the multi-session paper is adopted as
followed in various Competitive Examinations in India.

Normalization mark of jth candidate in ith session is given by:

: the actual marks obtained by the j th candidate in ith

session.

: the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates

considering all sessions.

: the sum of mean and standard deviation marks of the

candidates in the paper considering all sessions.

: the average marks of the top 0.1% of the candidates in

the ith session or marks of topper if session strength is

less than 1000.

: the sum of the mean marks and standard deviation of

the i th session.

8. Selection Procedure:
The Selection will be made in two successive stages viz.,

(a) Online Computer Based Examination

(b) Certificate Verification.

(a) Online Computer Based Examination:

The date, time and Center for the O n l i n e
Computer Based Examination will be indicated in the Hall Ticket. The
Hall Ticket for the eligible candidates will be uploaded by the TRB in its
website. The candidates are advised to refer the TRB website for details
(http://www.trb.tn.nic.in). No written communication will be sent to the
candidate.
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The decision of the Teachers Recruitment Board on the eligibility
of the candidate to appear for the online computer based examination will
be final.
Scribes:
While applying the application online, on request, Visually
impaired candidates/eligible orthopedically impaired candidates will
be allowed assistance of scribes based on the Medical Certificate
produced by the candidates.
Examination Results:

The Roll-Number-wise Mark List of all candidates will be

published in the website of TRB viz. http://www.trb.tn.nic.in.A press
release will be issued in this connection through print or visual media.
(b) Certificate Verification:
The Board will prepare the list of Candidates for Certificate
Verification(CV) on 1:2 ratio based on the Online Computer Based
Examination Marks duly following the communal rotation and other
relevant rules in vogue.
Note:

❖ If more than one candidate secures the same cut-off

mark for the particular communal turn, all such candidates will be
called for CV.
❖ Certificate Verification List and CV Call letter will be
published in the TRB Website http://www.trb.tn.nic.in only.

❖ Candidates short-listed as above shall bring all the

original and attested copies of all Certificates as stated in the
call letter for Certificate Verification.
❖ Candidates who are not personally present for the
Certificate Verification on the prescribed date shall not be
considered for further selection process even if they have
secured the minimum qualifying marks for selection.

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9. Selection:

A fresh merit list will be prepared after Certificate Verification

based on the marks secured in the Online Computer Based Examination

only. However, f i n a l selection will be made from the fresh merit list duly

following merit-cum- communal rotation.

The list of successful candidates will be published in the

website viz. http://www.trb.tn.nic.in. The final selection of the

candidates is subject to fulfillment of necessary eligibility criteria and

the decision of Teachers Recruitment Board will be final. The

appointment orders for provisionally selected candidates will be issued

by the Director of Elementary Education after due verification.

a) Original Certificates and Mark statements pertaining to

the following Educational qualifications

i) 10th / SSLC
ii) 12th / H.S.C. or its equivalent
iii) U.G. Degree in the relevant subject
iv) B.Ed. / B.A. Ed./ B.Sc. Ed. or its equivalent

b) Community Certificate: Community Certificate

should be obtained from the following authorities of Government
of Tamil Nadu for candidates claiming Communal reservation as
the case may be.
i) ST - Revenue Divisional Officer ( if the certificate is issued after
11.11.1989)

ii) SC/SCA - Tahsildar of native taluk of the candidate.

iii) BC / MBC / DNC - Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar or

Special Deputy Tahsildar.
iv) Community Certificate of married women issued in father’s
name (Not in Husband’s Name) alone shall be accepted.
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v) Community certificates issued by any other State or Union

Territory Authorities will not be considered against vacancies reserved

for 69% communal reservation. They will be considered only under

Open Competition.

c) Tamil Medium Study Certificate: Candidate who

claims reservation under PSTM ( P e r s o n s studie d in Ta

m il Me dium ) category has to produce Tamil Medium

Study Certificate in the prescribed format (Annexure – I) for U.G.

and B.Ed./ Equivalent Degrees.

d) Disability Certificate: (if applicable) A candidate who

wants to avail the benefit of reservation under PWD candidates

would have to submit an Identity Card and Passbook with

Disability Certificate issued by the Competent Authorities.

1. No Objection Certificate :

Persons who are in the service of the Indian Union or a State in India
or in the employment of Local Bodies or Universities, or Quasi Government
Organizations constituted under the authority of the Government of India or
of a State in India whether in regular service or in a temporary service need
not send their application through their Head of Department or Employer.
Instead, they may directly apply to the Teachers Recruitment Board after
duly informing their Employer in writing that they are applying for the
particular recruitment and with the condition that they should produce “No
Objection Certificate” in the form prescribed below, from an authority not
below their Officer / Division Head at the time of attending the Certificate
Verification.

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NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
OR
APPOINTING AUTHORITY

1. Name of the applicant :

2. Name of the Post held :

3. Whether the applicant is employed temporarily under the emergency

provisions or whether the applicant is a probationer or an approved

probationer or a full member of any of the sub-ordinate / State Services? :

4. Period of Employment From (date) : To (date) :

Endorsement No : Dated :

a. I have no objection to the candidate’s application being considered for

the post of / recruitment of .......................................

b. Certified that Thiru / Tmt / Selvi ........................................................

has the following punishment / has no punishment to his credit.

c. It is also certified that no charge or / and criminal case is pending

against him. (If there is pending copy of documents to be enclosed).

Place : Office Seal & date Signature

Name in Capital Letters :

Designation :

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Note :

i. Persons who get employment after the submission of their

applications and before the receipt of intimation admitting them to the
Certificate Verification / Oral Test / requiring produce original
documents for verification should also produce the “No Objection
Certificate”.
ii. In case any Criminal / Disciplinary action is taken against or if and
punishment is imposed against such persons after the production of
“No Objection Certificate” and before the actual appointment, such
applicants should report this fact forthwith to the Teachers
Recruitment Board indicating their Register Number. Any violation or
failure to comply with these instructions will end in rejection of
candidature.
iii. “Others” i.e. Applicants not belonging to SCs, SC(A)s, STs,
MBCs/DNCs, BC (BCMs) who have put in five years and more of
service in the State are not eligible as per Section 3(r) and Section
20(8) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act,
2016.

10. General Information:

1. Candidates shall have the ability to interact with teachers

and students in Tamil and also to have the ability to Teach in Tamil.
2. Candidates should ensure that they have 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 online application uploaded without the
photograph and signature will be rejected.
3. A valid e-mail id and Mobile Number are mandatory
for registration and e-mail id should be kept active
till the declaration of results.
4. The number of vacancies notified is only tentative and is
liable for modification with reference to vacancy
position of Directorate of Elementary Education before finalization of
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selection.
5. Evidence of claims made in the online application should
be submitted at the time of Certificate Verification, if called for.
Any subsequent claim made thereafter on submission of online
application will not be entertained at any cost.
6. Incomplete applications and applications containing
false claims or incorrect particulars relating to category of
reservation, basic qualifications, communal category and other
eligibility criteria will be liable for rejection.
7. Candidates are not allowed to bring mobile phones,
smart watches, bands or rings with in-built memory notes or any
other electronic gadgets, Clark’s t able or calculators, etc., inside
the Examination Hall.
8. Applicants are advised, in their own interest, not to bring
any of the banned items including mobile phones to the
Examination Venue, as arrangements for safe keeping cannot
be assured.
9. No candidate should misbehave in any manner or
create a disorderly scene in the examination centre or harass
the staff employed by the Board during the conduct of O n l i n e
Computer Based Examination. Any such misconduct will be
viewed seriously and penalized accordingly.
10. T.A./D.A. will not be paid. Candidates will have to bear
their own expenses to attend the Online Computer Based
Examination and the Certificate Verification, if called for.
11. In the matter of recruitment, the decision of the
Teachers Recruitment Board is final.
12 . Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification for
selection.

Chairman

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ANNEXURE - I

Tamil Medium: Persons Studied in Tamil Medium

(PSTM) have to produce evidence, such as Transfer Certificate,

Provisional Certificate / Convocation Certificate / Degree Certificate /

mark sheets received from the Board or University or from the

Institution, with a recording that the candidate studied the

prescribed educational Qualification in Tamil Medium. The

candidate claiming the evidence for ‘Persons Studied in Tamil

Medium’, a certificate from the Head of the Institution is to be produced

as follows:

PSTM Certificate (Model Format)

(To be issued only by the Head of Institution)

This is to certify that Thiru/Tmt/Selvi. ……….………………

(Name) has studied ………..……. (Course Name) during the

years…………. to ………. in Tamil Medium. This certificate is issued

after verifying the course content / Statement of Marks /

Transfer Certificate.

Registrar/Principal/Head of the Institution

Place:
Date:
Office Seal

________________________________________________________________________________
Note:
• Inconsistencies / errors that are not attested by the issuing officer with seal
will result in rejection of the certificate.
• The counter signing authorities should keep one original copy of the
certificates issued by them for future verification

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