Recruitment of Junior Lecturers in Odisha Education Service (Group-B)

ODISHA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

ADVERTISEMENT No. 09 OF 2011-12

Recruitment of Junior Lecturers in Odisha Education Service (Group-B)

WEBSITE -http://opsc.nic.in

THE LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION IS 15TH FEBRUARY, 2012 BY 5.00 P.M.

THE PRESCRIBED APPLICATION FORM ALONG WITH OTHER PARTICULARS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE COMMISSION’S OFFICE FROM 3RD JANUARY, 2012.

WARNING : Applications received incomplete in any respect are liable to be summarily rejected. No correspondence on that score will be entertained.

Applications in the prescribed form are invited from candidates for admission to a competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Junior Lecturers under Higher Education Department in the following disciplines in Group-B of Odisha Education Service in the State’s pay scale of Rs.9,300-34,800/- carrying the Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- with usual allowances sanctioned by Government of Odisha from time to time. The posts are temporary but likely to be made permanent.

2. VACANCY POSITION: As per requisition filed by the Higher Education Department, the vacancy position along with reservation thereof is given below:

Anthropology	1(w)
Botany	2(2 for ST)
Zoology	6(6 ST)

(a) The candidates belonging to P.H/Ex-Servicemen./Sports person when selected as per reservation provided for them, shall be adjusted against the categories to which they belong.

(b) In case of non-availability of eligible/suitable women candidate(s) belonging to the respective category, the unfilled vacancies of that category shall be filled up by eligible/suitable male candidate(s) of the same category.

(c) The Exchange of reservation between SC & ST will not be considered.

(d) The number of vacancies to be filled up on the basis of this recruitment is subject to change by the Government without notice, depending upon administrative exigencies of public service at the discretion of the State Government.

 AGE

A candidate should be under 32 (thirty two) years and over 21 (twenty one) years of age on the 1st January, 2011 i.e. he/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd January, 1979 and not later than 1st January, 1990.

The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 (five) years for candidates belonging to the categories of Scheduled Castes(S.C.), Scheduled Tribes(S.T.), Socially & Educationally Backward Classes (S.E.B.C.), Women, Ex-servicemen, and by 10 (ten) years for Physically Handicapped candidates.

Provided that in case a candidate who comes under more than one category mentioned above, he/she will be eligible for only one age relaxation benefit, which shall be considered most beneficial to him/her.

SAVE AS PROVIDED ABOVE, THE AGE LIMITS PRESCRIBED CAN IN NO CASE BE RELAXED.

Date of birth entered in the High School Certificate or equivalent Certificate issued by the concerned Board/Council will only be accepted by the Commission.

 QUALIFICATION

A candidate should possess a Master’s Degree in the concerned subject from a recognized University with at least 55 % of marks or its equivalent grade with a 2nd Class in the Bachelor’s Degree and a consistently good academic record; or Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., M.Phil. & M.Litt. with at least 50% marks in Master’s Degree with a 2nd Class in the Bachelor’s Degree and a consistently good academic record .

Provided that candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall posses a Master’s Degree in the concerned subject from a recognized University with at least 50 % of marks or its equivalent grade with a 2nd Class in the Bachelor’s Degree and a consistently good academic record.

PLAN OF EXAMINATION

(a) The examination will be conducted in the following successive stages –

(i) Written Examination;

(ii) Viva Voce (Personality Test)

 (b) The written examination will be in General English, General Knowledge and concerned subject. General English and General Knowledge will be covered in one paper consisting of 100 marks. The examination in the concerned subject will cover 400 marks consisting two papers i.e. Paper-I & Paper-II having 200 marks each. Each Paper will be of 3 hours duration. Candidates are required to answer the papers in English except the language papers.

(c) The candidates shall be called for interview by the Commission in order of merit equal to three times the number of vacancies in any subject if the vacancies are up to 50 and such numbers not less than twice and not more than thrice the numbers of vacancies as the Commission may determine, when the vacancies exceed 50.

Provided that for the vacancies upto 2, ten candidates and for the vacancies between 3 to 5, fifteen candidates shall be called by the Commission for viva voce test.

(d) The Commission shall conduct the Viva Voce for 50 marks.

(e) The Commission shall be competent to fix up the qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination and viva voce.

(f) The detail syllabus are enclosed with this advertisement. They are also available on the Website of the Commission.

PLACE OF EXAMINATION:

The examination will be held at Cuttack. It may also be held at Bhubaneswar/ Balasore/Berhampur/Sambalpur depending on the number of applicants from the respective zone.

The candidates are to mention their choice of Examination zone at the appropriate place in the prescribed application form.

EXAMINATION FEE:

A candidate is required to pay a non-refundable and non-adjustable fee of Rs.100/- (Rupees one hundred) only either in shape of deposit of the amount in the Government Treasury under the Head “0051-P.S.C.-105-State P.S.C. Examination Fees”, or Account Payee Bank Draft/Pay Order drawn in favour of Special Secretary, Odisha Public Service Commission payable at any Scheduled Bank at Cuttack. Treasury Chalan with wrong mention of Head of Account or wrong mention of designation of the authority in the Bank Draft/Pay Order shall not be accepted. The original Treasury Chalan/Bank Draft/Pay Order, as the case may be, must be sent to the Commission along with the application. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Odisha only are exempted from payment of this fee. Neither claim for refund of fee will be entertained nor the fee will be held in reserve for any other recruitment/purpose. APPLICATIONS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRESCRIBED FEE SHALL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED.

HOW TO APPLY :

(a) (i) Application Form : Candidates are required to apply to the Special Secretary to the Commission in the prescribed Form which, along with other particulars are obtainable in person from the Office of the Odisha Public Service Commission at 19, Dr. P.K. Parija Road, Cuttack-753001 between 11.00 A.M. & 1.30 P.M. and 2.00 P.M. & 4.00 P.M. on any working day on cash payment of Rs.60/- (Rupees sixty) only(Rs.30/- for application form and Rs.30/- for syllabus) from 3rd January, 2012 or by Registered Post on remittance of Rs.100/- (Rupees hundred) only by Bank Draft/Pay Order drawn in favour Special Secretary, Odisha Public Service Commission payable at any scheduled Bank at Cuttack with a forwarding letter addressed to the Special Secretary, Odisha Public Service Commission mentioning full name and address of the candidate, Advertisement Number and name of the post/service advertised in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS.

(ii) If the letter along with Bank Draft/Pay Order from any candidate, for supply of application form and syllabus, is received in the office of the O.P.S.C. after the last date for receipt of applications, no application form and syllabus will be supplied to such candidates.

(iii) The candidates may also download the prescribed application form, syllabus and copy of long advertisement from the website of the OPSC i.e. http://opsc.nic.in. The unreserved & S.E.B.C. candidates downloading the application form will be required to pay Rs.130/- (Rs.30/- for prescribed application form + Rs.100/- towards Examination Fee) only in shape of Bank Draft/Pay Order/Treasury Challan as provided under Paragraph-7 of the long advertisement at the time of submission of application form. The S.C. & S.T. candidates downloading the prescribed application form will be required to pay Rs.30/- towards prescribed application form only in shape Bank Draft/Pay Order/Treasury Challan as the case may be, at the time of submission of application form. The S.C. & S.T. candidates are, however, exempted from paying the examination fee. No fees will be required to pay for downloading the syllabus from the Website of OPSC.

(b) Submission of applications : Candidates are required to send their applications in prescribed form by Registered Post/Speed Post/Courier Service in closed covers to the Special Secretary, O.P.S.C., 19, Dr. P.K. Parija Road, Cuttack-753001. The closed envelope containing the application must be superscribed “Application for Junior Lecturer in……………………………...(concerned subject) (Higher Secondary Branch)”. Applications received after the closing date shall not be entertained. The Commission will not take any responsibility if the application is not received in time. The candidates may also submit their applications in the office of Odisha Public Service Commission directly/personally on or before the last date of receipt of applications at the Counter. The candidates submitting their applications (without closed cover) directly/personally at the Counter of Odisha Public Service Commission will be given proper acknowledgement receipt.

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://opsc.nic.in/