Chalo Taluke - Gujarat Information Bureau

October, 2011
Government Initiatives
registrations, setting new benchmarks the 16th of August. The process ran up roll number in the site which
in the field of education. The teachers to the 26th of August 2011. Modern automatically retrieves the other details
are being screened and recruited for LED displays kept the waiting (date of birth, name, photograph etc.)
Maths, Science, Gujarati, Hindi, candidates informed about the ongoing which have been entered at the time of
Sanskrit and English. Gujarat has as applying for TET. The online portal
many as 33,000 primary schools. thus benefits both sides by reducing
Around 1.99 lakh teachers are already
working in them and after this year's
recruitment, the numbers will rise
Pragya Patel from Palampur
has 10 years of experience in
paper work and data entry work. The
only details which are to be verified are
the mark sheets and degrees etc.
above the 2 lakh mark. Last year over
10,000 such appointments were granted
through similar registrations. Next
year too, they plan to recruit another 10teaching.
She said, “I did not
apply for a government
position earlier since the
A provisional merit list is published
on the website, which can be seen by
anyone. Each candidate can see his/her
results and fill in or edit some of their
12, 000 T.A.'s. Mr. R.P.Gupta added,
“We may not have such bulk figures but
we will definitely have around 6-7
thousand recruitments every year after
system was not transparent.
But since the inception of this
new system, I think I stand a
personal details and re-check their
grades. They are allowed to select their
preferred district according to their
merit. In cases where the candidates
2012. Moreover, we will also start chance based on my merit.”
have any grievances, there is an online
recruiting for other posts apart from objection form that can be filled and
T.A's” sent. According to Mr. Gupta, a fee of
Teacher's eligibility Test (TET) is
the new addition in the recruitment appointments.
Rs.1000 has been incorporated to rule
out frivolous complaints and
drive this year. It was launched in June
and is an OMR based written test. The
application and the results of this test
are again published on the “Online
Vidhyasahayaks Recruitment”
The recruitment process was
conducted at the Primary Teachers
Training Centre (PTC) office in sector
19, Gandhinagar. Around 2500
candidates were called everyday from
End to end
The candidates first appear for a
TET. The Graduation marks constitute
20 %, BEd marks constitute 25 % and
the TET results constitute 50% of the
final grade awarded to a candidate. The
remaining 5 % is reserved for a Masters
Degree or/and professional experience.
In the second stage of the process, the
objections.
The candidates are called for an
interview according to the merit list, to
the Gandhinagar centre. At this centre,
the applicants are called out as per their
merit roll calls and given acceptance
letters for relevant districts. Though
there is an interview at this stage, it's
only for verification purposes and does
not carry any marks; thus, eliminating
Setting sights : Prospective candidates await recruitment results
candidate just has to enter his/her TET any malpractice by any individual.
The next stage of recruitment takes
place at the respective district where
candidates are allowed to select schools
based on the no. of vacancies and the
candidate's merit. About 8-10 persons
handle the process at the centre each
day. At the district level, each centre
assigns around 4-5 persons to handle
the proceedings. Mr. Gupta remarked
that he is looking forward to many more
such recruitments to make teaching a
viable and attractive career option.
During the launch of this year's
recruitment drive, Education Minister,
Mr. Ramanlal Vora requested all the
teachers and teaching assistants to
provide children with not just
knowledge derived from books but also
inculcate in them, a sense of a value
based system of learning.
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