Rules of Examination for post of Headmaster/Headmistress
Rules of Examination for the post of Headmaster/Headmistress, The West Bengal School Service Commission Rules, 2015 issued with this Department notification No. 165-SE(S)/IS-26/2020 (Part-II) dated 03.03.2015 published in Kolkata Gazette, Extra Ordinary, the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules regulating the manner and scope of selection of persons for appointment to first State Level Selection Test (SLST) for appointment to the posts of Headmaster/Headmistress in Secondary or Higher Secondary and Junior High Schools in West Bengal.
Government of West Bengal
School Education Department
(Secondary Branch)
Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091
No. 1114-S(S)/IS-26/2020(Pt.-III) Dated the 21st September, 2016
Notification
In exercise of the power (ক্ষমতা) conferred by sub-section (1) of section 17, read with section 8 and clause (d) of sub-section (2) section 17, of the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997 (West Bengal Act IV of 1997), and in supersession of the West Bengal School Service Commission (State Level Selection Test for appointment to the posts of Teachers) Rules, 2015, issued with this Department Notification (বিজ্ঞপ্তি) No. 165-SE(S)/IS-26/2020 (Part-II) dated the 3rd March, 2015, published (প্রকাশিত) in Kolkata Gazette, Extra Ordinary, Part-I, dated the 9th March, 2015, the Governor is pleased hereby to make the following rules regulating the manner and scope of selection of persons for appointment to the post of Headmaster/Headmistress in Secondary or Higher Secondary and Junior High Schools-
Rules
1. Short title and commencement
(i) These rules (নিয়ম) may be called the West Bengal School Service Commission (Selection for appointment to the Posts of Headmaster/Headmistress in Secondary or Higher Secondary and Junior High Schools) Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication (প্রকাশনা) in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions
(1) In these rules, unless the context (প্রসঙ্গ) otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the West Bengal School Service Commission Act, 1997 (West Bengal Act IV of 1997);
(b) "Category" means medium (মধ্যম) of instruction category, gender category;
(c) "Degree or Diploma" means Graduate degree or Master's degree in relation to an academic (একাডেমিক) qualification obtained from a recognised University and accepted by the Commission or a professional qualification duly recognised (স্বীকৃত) by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), as the case may be;
(d) "interview list" means a list of candidates to be called for personality test (ব্যক্তিত্ব পরীক্ষা) category wise on the basis of merit (Marks of written test, Academic and Professional Qualification) in the ratio of 1:2 of final (চূড়ান্ত) vacancies;
(e) "merit list" means a list of candidates prepared category wise on the basis of mark obtained by a candidate in written test, evaluation of academic and professional qualification and the marks obtained by a candidate (প্রার্থী) in the personality test;
(f) "Panel" means a list of candidates (category wise) of the merit list (মেধা তালিকা) equal to the number of final vacancies and includes a panel (region wise) on the basis of the option exercised by the candidates;
(g)"Post" means a whole-time sanctioned (অনুমোদিত) post of Headmaster/Headmistress against Vacancy declared and sanctioned for Secondary or Higher Secondary or Junior Schools;
(h) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to these rules;
(i) "School" (স্কুল) means Secondary, Higher Secondary or Junior High/ Upper-primary (উচ্চ-প্রাথমিক) school in West Bengal (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ) under the jurisdiction of West Bengal School Service Commission;
(j) "State" means the West Bengal;
(k) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal (পশ্চিমবঙ্গ) in the School Education Department;
(l) "State Level Selection Test (SLST)" means the test to be conducted (পরিচালিত) by the Central School Service Commission for recruitment of Headmaster / Headmistress of the categories stated in these rules;
(m) "vacancy" means a vacancy in the post a Headmaster / Headmistress caused by-
(i) creation of a new post;
(ii) superannuation;
(iii) death;
(iv) resignation;
(v) transfer;
(vi) removal or dismissal; or
(vii) any other reason, apart from the above, as the State Government (রাজ্য-সরকার) may, by order, determine.
(n) "waiting list" means a list (তালিকা) of candidates from the merit list (category wise) but not included in the panel;
(o) "NCTE" means National Council for Teacher Education (a statuary body of the Government (সরকার) of India);
(p) "RTE Act" means (মানে) the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ;
(2) Words and expressions (অভিব্যক্তি) used and not defined in these rules (নিয়ম) but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Method of recruitment-
The appointment (অ্যাপয়েন্টমেন্ট) of persons to the Headmaster/Headmistress mentioned in column (2) of Schedule I shall be made by selection (direct recruitment) through West Bengal School Service Commission in the manner as specified in Rule 7.
4. Names of post, qualification and age-
(1) The name of the post is Headmaster/Headmistress, and its qualification (যোগ্যতা) shall, subject to rule 5, be such as specified respectively in columns (2) and (3) of Schedule I;
(2) The age-limit (বয়স সীমা) for the post referred to in column (2) shall be such as specified in column (4) of Schedule I;
Provide certificates received up to the last date of the application and mentioned in the application form shall only be counted for academic and professional qualification.
5. Additional essential qualification of candidate-
A candidate (প্রার্থী) willing to be selected as a Headmaster / Headmistress in any School having Bengali or English or Hindi or Nepali or Oriya or Santhali or Telegu or Urdu as the medium (মধ্যম) 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 (বোর্ড) or equivalent or at Higher Secondary level of the Council or equivalent.
6. Disqualification-
(1) No person shall be eligible for selection (নির্বাচন) for appointment to the post of Headmaster / Headmistress unless he/she is a Citizen of India.
(2) No person shall be eligible for selection for appointment to the post of Headmaster / Headmistress in any school if he/she is convicted by Court of law or who is under suspension (স্থগিত) from any school or removed from service from any school or against whom criminal case is pending in any court of law.
7. Manner of selection of Headmaster / Headmistress-
(1) Selection to the post of the Headmaster / Headmistress shall be made on the basis of the result of the State Selection Test comprising written examination conducted by the Central Commission, evaluation of academic and professional qualification and personality tests of the candidates in the manner as specified in Schedule II.
(2) The Central Commission may, in its discretion, fix (স্থির) qualifying marks, to be scored by the candidates, in written examination or in aggregate or in both and /or relax the qualifying (যোগ্যতা) marks on reasonable grounds and reasons to be recorded in writing.
8. Information regarding vacancies-
(1) The District Inspectors of Schools (Secondary Education) shall on being asking by the Director of School Education prepare a report regarding the number of vacancies medium-wise, gender-wise for such Headmaster / Headmistress (HM) and send to the DSE (Directorate of School Education).
(2) On receipt of report (রিপোর্ট) under sub-rule (1), the Directorate of School Education with due approval (অনুমোদন) of the Government shall send the medium-wise, gender-wise report compiled Region wise for such posts to the Central Commission.
(3) The report as mentioned (উল্লিখিত) in sub-rule (2) shall be sent to the Central Commission in the following manner-
(a) firstly, before the date of publication (প্রকাশনা) of the Advertisement inviting application; and
(b) lastly fifteen (15) days before the date of publication of the result (রেজাল্ট) of the written examination.
9. Advertisement-
(1) The Central Commission shall, on receipt of the report of Region (অঞ্চল) wise vacancies under rule 8, issue an advertisement through newspapers in the State in English, Bengali, Hindi and/or any other languages (ভাষা), if necessary, as may be decided by the Commission and also through the Website of the Commission.
(2) Such advertisement (বিজ্ঞাপন) shall be issued specifying the vacancies, qualification, age as on the 1st day of January of the year of advertisement, and other necessary information relating to such posts, details (বিশদ) of which may be obtained through the website of the Central Commission and from the Offices of Central Commission and Regional Commissions.
(3) While specifying the vacancies (শূন্যপদ) in the advertisement, the Central Commission shall, for the said post publish a tentative number of vacancy at the time of inviting application for SLST that have been reported under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 8 and a final (চূড়ান্ত) vacancy list at the time of publication of the result of the written examination declaring the actual (প্রকৃত) vacancies that have been reported under clause (b) of sub-rule (3) of rule 8.
10. Form of application-
(1) The form of application for State Level Selection Test (SLST) for appointment to the post shall be such, as may be determined by the Central Commission from time to time.
(2) The proforma of the form of application may be published in the Newspapers of the Commission's website as may be determined by and at the discretion of the Central Commission.
(3) The fees (ফিস) of SLST shall be such as may be fixed by the Central Commission from time to time.
11. Submission of applications-
The application shall be submitted within such time and in such manner as may be specified by the Central Commission in the advertisement.
12. Selection of candidates and preparation of panel-
(1) The Central Commission shall arrange for proper custody (হেফাজত) of all online applications which may be received by it against the vacancies.
(2) (a) The Central Commission after receiving application forms (ফর্ম) shall prepare list of eligible candidate for the purpose of preparation of a computer generated database of all candidates;
(b) The admit cards for written (লিখিত) examination shall be issued by the Central Commission by any mode as may be determined by the Central Commission.
(3) The Central Commission shall arrange written examination;
(4) The Central Commission shall determine that method of written examinations, contents of papers, duration of examination, time and venue of examination and other matters relating to the State Level Selection Test;
(5) The Central Commission shall decide the procedure (পদ্ধতি) and the manner of conducting the Selection Test;
(6) After the evaluation (মূল্যায়ন) of the OMR Sheet or answer-sheet of the written examination, the Central Commission shall prepare and publish in their website with all details of the candidates to be called for personality test (interview list) category-wise on the basis of merit (Marks of written test, Academic and Professional Qualification) in the ratio of 1:2 of final vacancies;
(7) The Central Commission shall prepare and publish (প্রকাশ) in their website a Merit List of candidates prepared Post-wise, category-wise on the basis of marks obtained in written test, evaluation of academic and professional (পেশাদারী) qualification and marks of personality test;
(8) The Central Commission (কমিশন) shall prepare and publish in their website a merit based Panel of candidate (category wise) of the merit list equal to the number of vacancies and region-wise (অঞ্চল ভিত্তিক) list on the basis of the option exercised by the candidates and also shall prepare and publish in their website a category-wise waiting list of the rest of the candidates of the merit list (মেধা তালিকা) not included in the panel;
Provided written answer (উত্তর) script/OMR shall not be reviewed or re-evaluated.
Provided further the Central Commission shall publish (প্রকাশ in their website the appropriate answers of the Questions for general information.
Provided that the number of qualified (যোগ্য) candidates to be called for the personality test shall not exceed 2 times the number of actual vacancies published at the time of declaration of the result of written examination (পরীক্ষা) under clause (b) of sub-rule (3) of rule 8.
Provided further that if the marks at the last position (স্থান) of the qualified list of candidates shall be same for more than one candidate, all such candidates at that position shall be called for the personality test even if the last (শেষ) candidate exceeds limit of 2 times.
Provided also that if any candidate makes omission or commits error or makes any mistake (ভুল) of any nature to fill in the OMR sheet or any defect crept in the OMR sheet of such candidate (প্রার্থী), the answer script of such candidate will not be evaluated and the candidature of such candidate will not be considered.
(9) If more than one candidate (প্রার্থী) obtain the same aggregate (total marks) the merit position of the candidates shall be determined according to their date of birth, ie candidates with earlier date of birth shall be preferred and if the aggregate and date of birth (জন্মদিন) shall also be same, the candidates obtaining higher academic score shall be preferred and if the aggregate, date of birth and academic (একাডেমিক) score shall be same, the candidates obtaining higher marks in written examination shall be preferred.
(10) The Central Commission shall publish such panel (প্যানেল) and waiting list of candidates in the website of the Commission as well as the Offices of the concerned Regional Commissions. A copy of the same will be submitted (জমা দেওয়া) to the School Education Department and the Directorate of School Education for information.
13. Duties of Central Commission in regard to selection-
(1) Save as otherwise provide under these rules, the Central Commission shall perform the following function in general:
(i) to keep liaison with the department (দপ্তর) to resolve different issues and chalk out the programme for conducting Selection Test;
(ii) to finalize the details (বিশদ) of the programme for Selection Test;
(iii) to appoint paper setters;
(iv) to issue notification and/or advertisement (বিজ্ঞাপন) for conducting Selection Test;
(v) to determine the format of application along with brochure and mode of publication hereof;
(vi) to appoint (নিয়োগ) district observers for conduct of Selection Test.
(vii) to constitute Personality Test (পরীক্ষা) Board consisting of members as specified in Schedule III;
(viii) to determine the procedure for preparation of Merit (মেধা) List and Panel;
(ix) to fix up the mode of publication (প্রকাশনা) of notice, merit list, vacancies etc;
(x) to do such other act as may be necessary (প্রয়োজনীয়) for proper conduct of the Selection Test;
(xi) other duties (কর্তব্য) as may be required to perform in connection with the selection.
(2) The Central Commission may assign any of the above functions to the Regional Commissions and may take any assistance of the Regional Commission in conducting the Selection Test.
14. Duties of the Regional Commission in regard to selection-
Save as otherwise provide in other provisions of these rules, each Regional Commission shall, in the process of recommendation of Persons for selection, perform the following functions:
(i) to assist to process application forms (ফর্ম) received at the Central Commission;
(ii) to arrange for counselling and recommend persons for appointment (নিযুক্তি) from the concerned region wise list prepared by the Central Commission;
(iii) to do such other duties (কর্তব্য) apart from the above, as may be assigned to it by the Central Commission.
15. Validity of panel and waiting list-
(1) Each panel and waiting (অপেক্ষা) list shall remain valid for one year from the date of publication of the panel and waiting list, or the date of advertisement for the next Selection Test whichever is earlier;
Provide that the names of candidates shall not be recommended against any post other than the post applied for or against any vacancy which has not been notified in terms of (ক্লজ) clause (b) of sub-rule (3) of rule 8.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), a panel, waiting list, merit list prepared by each of the Regional Commissions before coming into force of these rules, waiting list, merit list (তালিকা) shall remain valid according to the rules prevalent at that material point of time.
16. Recommendation of candidates for appointment-
(1) The Regional Commission shall hold counselling (কাউন্সেলিং) with a view to recommending the name of the candidate from the list for appointment against each vacancy.
(2) Thereafter, the Regional Commission shall recommend the name of only one candidate against each vacancy depending on his/her position in the panel and a copy of the letter recommending the name shall be sent through speed post (স্পিড-পোস্ট) or in such other mode to the candidate, to the concerned authority of the School as well as concerned District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education) where the particular vacancy exists.
(3) A recommendation letter shall remain valid for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of issue.
Provided that the Regional Commission may, if it thinks expedient to extend the validity of the recommendation beyond the period of ninety (90) days for any reasonable cause, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the period of validity of such recommendation letter for a further period not exceeding sixty (60) days.
(4) The concerned School (স্কুল) authority shall on the basis of the recommendation of the Commission, issue the letter of appointment to the candidate allowing joining time of not less than thirty (30) days through registered post (পোষ্ট) with acknowledgement due and upon receipt of appointment letter from the concerned school authority the candidate shall join the post within the stipulated period as mentioned in the appointment letter on verification of original (আসল) certificates/documents of the candidate by Headmaster/ Headmistress or Teacher in Charge.
Provided that if the School authority has any doubt about the vacancy (শূন্যপদ) position, it shall intimate the same to the Central Commission/ Regional Commission, District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education) and Director of School Education.
(5) If-
(a) a candidate refuses (প্রত্যাখ্যান) to accept his/her allotment of post during counselling, or
(b) the Central Commission gets information (তথ্য) from any school or from the District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), or otherwise, that a candidate recommended for appointment has not accepted the offer of appointment (নিয়োগ) or join the post within the stipulated period, or
(c) such a candidate (প্রার্থী) refuses to accept appointment, or
(d) on further scrutiny (তদন্ত) it appears that the candidate has misrepresented the facts,
the Central Commission may do away with his/her name from the panel (প্যানেল) and will be deemed to have been depanelled and recommend the name of a candidate from the waiting list (তালিকা) to the Regional Commission for Counselling and final Recommendation, strictly within the validity period of the panel and waiting list.
(6) If a candidate, whose name has been recommended (প্রস্তাবিত) by the Regional Commission for appointment, cannot be appointed to the vacancy for which he/she was recommended for the reason that such vacancy ceased to exist, the managing (পরিচালন) committee, by whatever name it is called, or the ad-hoc committee or the administrator or the concerned District Inspector of Schools (Secondary Education), as the case may be, shall send an information (তথ্য) in this regard to the Regional Commission and Regional Commission may, on receipt of such information, recommend his/her name for any other appropriate vacancy.
(7) If the managing committee (কমিটি), by whatever name it is called, or ad-hoc committee or the administrator, if any, of any School does not appoint the candidate on the recommendation of School Service Commission having jurisdiction, the Regional (আঞ্চলিক) Commission shall forward the matter to the School Education Department through the Central Commission for taking action under section 9A of the Act.
(8) Male (পুরুষ) candidate shall not be recommended for appointment in any girls' school.
17. Cancellation or Withdrawal of Recommendation-
If prior to or after recommendation (সুপারিশ) or during the course of selection process, it is found that any candidate concealed or suppressed or misrepresented or made false declaration in his/her application (আবেদন) or at any subsequent stage or any mistake or fault committed by the Commission in granting recommendation wrongly to any candidate in contradiction to the provisions of the Act, Rules (নিয়ম) or other conditions as may be laid down, such candidate will be treated as disqualified and his/her recommendation will be cancelled and /or withdrawn at any stage and further his/her appointment, if any, shall stand terminated/cancelled (বাতিল) and in such cases the decision of the Central Commission shall be final, Further the Central Commission may also take steps to fill up such post(s) from Waiting List (তালিকা) within the validity period of the Panel and Waiting List, by issuing suitable direction to the concerned Regional Commission.
18. Carry forward of vacancy-
The vacancies, which are not filled up for unsuitability of candidates (প্রার্থী) or for any other reasons, as the Central Commission may by order mention, shall be carried forward for the next recruitment/transfer process.
19. Interpretation-
(1) If any question arise regarding any decision of Central Commission, a reference may be made to made to the State Government and the decision taken by it shall be final.
(2) In regard to the interpretation (ব্যাখ্যা) of any provision of these rules, the decision of the State Government shall be final.
20. Savings-
(1) Nothing in these rules (নিয়ম) shall affect reservation, relaxation of age limit (বয়স সীমা) and other concessions required to be provided for SC-(Scheduled Caste), ST-(Scheduled Tribes), OBC-(Other Backward Classes) and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the State Government form time to time in this regard.
(2) Nothing in these rules shall affect any act done or cause to be done in accordance with the provisions of the earlier rules made or notification or orders issued under the Act.
21. Preservation of written examination answer script-
The written answer script/OMR of examinations shall be destroyed by the Commission after 1 year from the date of publication of the panel.
SCHEDULE-I
[See rules 3 and 4]
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Sl. No |
Name of posts |
Educational qualification including professional qualifications |
Age-limit |
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1. |
Headmaster/ Headmistress of High School/ Higher Secondary School |
(i) Master's Degree from a recognized University with at least 45% marks at the Post Graduate Level, with degree in Bachelor of Teaching/ Bachelor of Education (শিক্ষা)/ Post Graduate Basic Teaching (PGBT)/ Bachelor of Education / Post Graduate Basic Training from any recognized University or any training recognized by the State Government as equivalent to Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Education /Post-Graduate Basic Training from a Teacher's Training Institution duly recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in the relevant academic session: |
Up to 55 years |
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2. |
Essential: (i) Master's Degree from a recognized University with at least 45% marks at the Post Graduate Level, with degree in Bachelor of Teaching/ Bachelor of Education / Post Graduate Basic Teaching (PGBT)/ Bachelor of Education (এডুকেশন)/Post Graduate Basic Training from any recognized University or any training recognized by the State Government as equivalent to Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Education /Post-Graduate Basic Training from a Teacher's Training Institution duly recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in the relevant academic session: |
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SCHEDULE-II
[See rules 7]
PART-A
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(a) |
Written Examination |
60 marks |
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(b) |
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(C) |
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(d) |
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Note: 1.- The academic qualification including professional qualification for selection to the post of Headmaster or Headmistress of High School, or Higher Secondary School shall be evaluation in accordance with Table-I of Part-C of this Schedule.
PART-B
Selection to the post of Headmaster or Headmistress of Junior High School or Higher Secondary School shall be made on the basis of written examination, evaluation of Academic and Professional qualification and experience of the candidate in teaching and personality tests to be determined by the Commission in the following manner:
(a) | Written Examination | 60 marks |
(b) | ||
(C) | ||
(d) |
Note: 1.- The academic qualification including professional qualification shall be evaluation in accordance with Table-I of Part-C of this Schedule.
PART-C
Provision relating to evaluation (মূল্যায়ন) of Academic Qualifications including Professional Qualification for Selection to the post of Headmaster/Headmistress
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Table-1 |
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Manner of
evaluation of academic qualifications including professional qualification
for the selection of Headmaster/ Headmistress in Secondary or Higher
Secondary and Junior High Schools |
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Sl No |
Examination passed |
Full marks 25 |
Award of Marks |
Remarks |
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1 |
School Final/ Madhyamik equivalent
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5 |
5 [For 1st Div/Class) |
4 [For 2nd Div/Class) |
3 [For other Div/Class) |
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2 |
HS (+ 2 stage)/Pre University/
Intermediate/University Entrance or its equivalent |
5 |
5 [For 1st Div/Class) |
4 [For 2nd Div/Class) |
3 [For other Div/Class) |
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3 |
Old HS [in lieu of School
final/Madhyamik or its equivalent and HS (+2 stage)/ Pre University/
Intermediate/University Entrance or its equivalent] |
10 |
10 [For 1st Div/Class) |
8 [For 2nd Div/Class) |
6 [For other Div/Class) |
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4 |
(a)
Bachelor's degree in Honours as regular (নিয়মিত)/external/private candidate or through
distance mode of education /correspondence course |
6 |
6 [For 1st Div/Class) |
5 [For 2nd Div/Class) |
4 [For other Div/Class) |
Holders of Degree with Spl Hons/Condensed Hons/ Approved Proficiency course shall not be allotted any additional marks for their pass course degree. |
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or (b) Bachelor's degree in Pass course |
4 marks (fixed) |
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or (c) Degree with Spl. Hons/Condensed Hons/Approved
Proficiency courses |
5 marks (fixed) |
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5 |
Post
Graduate degree as regular/external/private (প্রাইভেট) candidate or through distance
mode of education /correspondence course |
6 |
6 [For 1st Div/Class) |
5 [For 2nd Div/Class) |
4 [For other Div/Class) |
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Diploma
in Teachers Training (BT/BEd/PGBT/PGT or its equivalent) in regular course or
through distance mode of education/correspondence course from a Teacher's
Training Institution duly recognized by the National Council for Teachers
Education (NCTE)/Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) in the relevant
academic session (শিক্ষা-বর্ষ) |
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[For 1st Div/Class) |
[For 2nd Div/Class) |
[For other Div/Class) |
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SCHEDULE-III
[See rule 13 (vii)]
Provisions relating to constitution of Personality Test Board
1. For the purpose of holding personality test (viva) the Personality Test Board, shall be constituted by the Central Commission, with the following members-
(a) One Nominee (নমিনি) from the Central Commission not below the rank of Principal/TIC /Professor/Associate Professor who shall preside.
(b) One member (সদস্য) from any Regional Commission to be nominated by the Chairperson of that Regional Commission.
(c) One expert having minimum (নূন্যতম) 10 years of teaching experience in a Recognized College/University to be nominated by Central Commission.
SCHEDULE-IV
[See rule 16 (1)]
Provisions relating to counselling for recommendation
1. For the post of Headmaster/Headmistress there shall be Counselling (কাউন্সেলিং) for the purpose of recommendation of a person to the post within the territorial jurisdiction of the School Service Commission after publication (প্রকাশনা) of the list on the basis of the combined rank position of the empanelled candidate in relation to the category of vacancy against which they have been empanelled.
2. The Central Commission shall publish the details (বিস্তারিত) of each vacancy in schools Region-wise, category-wise separately on the basis of which panel has been prepared. The Central Commission shall publish such list (তালিকা) of vacancies in the Commission's Website. Such relevant list (তালিকা) shall be displayed in the counselling venue on the respective counselling date with regular updation during counselling for exercising option for selection of School as the case may be, by the candidates (প্রার্থী) at the material point of time as per his/her choice.
3. The empanelled candidates (প্রার্থী) for the post of Headmaster/Headmistress qualified for counselling shall be informed of their rank category wise through speed post mentioning the date, time and venue of counselling. Candidates can also obtain such information (তথ্য) from the Commission's Website and Notice Board of the Central and Regional Commissions. In case a qualified (যোগ্য) candidate does not receive the counselling letter, the candidate must appear for counselling on the date and time specified in the counselling schedule available on the website of the Commission or at the offices (অফিস) of the Central and Regional Commissions.
4. The candidates called for counselling are required to bring with them the original as well as self attested copies of valid age-proof document, requisite testimonials, cast certificate (if applicable), Physically Handicapped ((PH) certificate (if applicable) for final verification along with the Intimation Letter for Counselling, Call Letter for Personality Test and Admit Card for the Written Examination.
In case of grave and unavoidable circumstances a candidate may authorize (অনুমোদন) one of his/her near relatives in the manner as will be decided by the Commission (কমিশন) to represent him/her at the time of counselling.
5. During counselling the candidate shall exercise option for selection (নির্বাচন) of School as the case may be, in his/her relevant category of post and medium for being recommended to a post of HM (Headmaster/Headmistress) against his/her category of post-wise rank (রাঙ্ক) on the basis of availability of vacancies of same nature at the material point of time displayed at the counselling venue on the basis of query regarding allotment of (শূন্যপদ) vacancies. The Regional Commission shall arrange to display each allotment (বরাদ্দ) of vacancy against empanelled candidates' category of post-wise, medium-wise in the counselling venue.
Further, at the time of counselling the candidates whose names occur in more than one lists ie Male/Female and Female lists, vacancies of all the lists will be shown to them for selection. However if a candidate's name occurs in separate lists for separate regions (অঞ্চল) he/she may choose any region he/she likes.
6. If a candidate (প্রার্থী) appears in the counseling within the day fixed for counseling but not within proper time and misses his/her turn while his/her name is called for selection of school during the counselling session he/she may not get the opportunity of availing the number of Schools which would have been available to him/her normally in the relevant category of post and medium (মধ্যম) against which he/she has been empanelled. But he/she will get his/her turn at the end of the day after completion (সমাপ্তি) of counselling of last member attending serially.
7. The candidate shall have to sign a declaration (ঘোষণা) of
(a) selection and acceptance of the School (স্কুল) as per his/her choice available at the time of his/her turn during the counselling session; or
(b) refusal to exercise his/her option in respect of selection (নির্বাচন) and acceptance of any School available at the time of his/her turn during the counselling session.
(c) the qualified absentee candidates will be directed to contact the concerned Regional School Service Commission for getting recommendation letter from the Commission's office within 10 days from the date of issue of letter in this regard failing which his/her candidature (প্রার্থিতা) shall be treated as cancelled without any further reference in the matter.
8. Absentee (অনুপস্থিত) candidates shall not be called for any second counselling.
9. The candidates in the waiting list (তালিকা), if necessary, may be recommended for the post on the basis of counselling (কাউন্সেলিং) and in such case, the relevant provisions of this Part shall apply mutatis mutandis.
By order of the Governor
Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
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