ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଓ ଗଣଶିକ୍ଷା ବିଭାଗ, ଓଡିଶା ସରକାର ଙ୍କ ଦ୍ଵାରା ଓଡିଶା ରେ ହାରାହାରି 20000 କନିଷ୍ଟ ଶିକ୍ଷକ ନିଯୁକ୍ତି କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଦିଶାନିର୍ଦେଶ ଜାରି କରିଛନ୍ତି , ଯାହା ତଳେ ଉଲ୍ଲେଖ କରାଗଲା ।
Govt. of Odisha in School & Mass Education deptt has released Guideline for appointment of about 20000 Junior Teachers in Odisha. Guidelines are as follows.
RESOLUTION No.20336/SME, dated the 22nd August, 2023.
Subject: Guideline for engagement of Junior Teacher (Schematic).
The Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 came into force
w.e.f.01.04.2010 (here in after called the said Act).
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
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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 coterminus 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)
OR
Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 45% marks and 2-year
Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance
with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations,2002.
OR
Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 4-year
Diploma in Elementary Education ( B.El.Ed.)
OR
Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 2-year
Diploma in Education (Special Education)
OR
Graduation and two-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever
name known)
AND
b. Pass in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test-I (OTET-I)
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)
OR
At least 50% marks either in Graduation or in Post-Graduation and B.Ed.
OR
Graduation with at least 45% marks and 1-year Bachelor of Education
(B.Ed.) in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure)
Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
OR
Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 4-year
Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Higher Secondary (+2) or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 4-year
B. A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A.Ed./B.Sc.Ed.
OR
Graduation with at least 50% marks and 1-year B.Ed (Special Education)
OR
Post-Graduation with a minimum 55% marks or equivalent grade and threeyear integrated B.Ed-M.Ed.
AND
b. Pass in Odisha Eligibility Test-II (OTET-II)
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.
Explanation
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
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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. AGE
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. RESERVATION
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. SELECTION PROCEDURE
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
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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 nonjoining will be carried forward and recruitment will be done subsequently as per
requirement. There will be no waiting list.
9.ENGAGEMENT
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-cumChief 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
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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. ASSIGNMENT
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
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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-cumC.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.
The Resolution will take effect from the date of Issue.
