WBCSC announced job notification for the post of Assistant Professor has been released officially. Any Masters Degree, M.Phil/Ph.D pass Can apply for this job openings. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria alone can apply on the official website wbcsc.ac.in. The application process ends on 15.09.2021.
Qualification Details:-
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for 23rd State Eligibility Test for the posts of Assistant Professor in West Bengal only.
1. Name of the Post: Assistant Professor
2. Conditions of Eligibility:
i) General/EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from Universities/Institutions recognised by UGC are eligible for this Test. The Other Backward Classes(OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/ Scheduled Caste(SC) /Scheduled Tribe(ST)/ persons with disability(PWD)/ Transgender category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination from Universities/ Institutions recognised by UGC are eligible for this Test.
ii) Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test.
a) However, such candidates shall be considered eligible for Assistant Professor only after they (General/EWS) have passed their Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination with at least 55% marks [50% marks in case of OBC falling in Non-creamy layer /SC/ST/PWD (persons with disability)/Transgender category candidates]. Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of SET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
iii) Candidates belonging to third gender in other words transgender would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee and qualifying criteria for SET as are available to SC/ST/PWD categories. The subject – wise cut-offs for this category should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PWD/OBC/EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
iv) The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September 1991(irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in SET.
v) Candidates are required to appear for WB –SET in the subject of their Post Graduation only. In case the subject of a candidate is not included in the list of WB-SET subjects, the candidates may appear in UGC NET/Joint CSIR-UGC Test which is held twice a year.
vi) Candidates are neither required to send any certificate/document in support of their eligibility nor printout of their Application Form (Confirmation Page) to WBCSC. However the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the WBCSC at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
vii) Candidates having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/institute should, in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (www.aiu.ac.in).
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Application Fee:-
Important Instructions:-
i) Before submission of the online Application Form, the candidate should read this notification carefully.
ii) The State Eligibility Test (SET) will be held on 9 th January,2022(SUNDAY) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only in West Bengal. WBCSC will conduct SET in 33 subjects (listed in Item No. 13) at selected Test Centres of different Districts (listed in Item No. 14) of West Bengal.
iii) Eligibility for Assistant Professor will depend on the performance of the candidate in both the papers of SET in aggregate. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Assistant Professor will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of Assistant Professor in West Bengal.
iv) The result of the SET will be made available in the website: www.wbcsconline.in as and when it is declared. The candidate will not be individually intimated about their result.
v) Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) /Persons with Disability (PWD) /Other Backward Classes (OBC)(Non- creamy layer)/Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the WBCSC under the Guidelines of UGC.
General Instructions:-
i) The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility as given at Item no. 2 carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before filling the online application Form.
ii) Submission of Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies of application form will not be accepted by WBCSC.
iii) Application Form must be complete in all respects as per the Notification.
iv) All incomplete Application Forms will be rejected.
v) Applications submitted on any other format will not be accepted.
vi)Printout of online application (Confirmation Page) should be kept by the candidate for further reference.
vii) No applications can be submitted after the last date and no fee will be accepted after last date in any circumstances.
viii) The refund (if any) will be transferred online to the concerned credit/debit card/internet banking account, so the candidates are advised to pay from their own credit/debit card.
ix) The Candidate should note that their candidature is strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admit Card has been issued and the candidate is allowed to appear in the test shall not imply that the WBCSC has finally accepted his/her candidature.
x) WBCSC may change the Centre of examination or date of examination without assigning any reason.
xi) It may be noted that the Admit Card will be uploaded on the website in the 3rd week of December, 2021. The candidates are requested to ascertain their venue of the test as mentioned in the Admit Card and appear in the examination only at the designated examination center. No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination center other than that allotted to him/her in the Admit Card.
xii) The candidates are required to bring a photo identity card also along with their printout of online Admit Card on the day of examination. No candidate will be allowed to appear in the examination whose Admit Card is not issued by the WBCSC.
xiii) To ensure fair conduct of examination frisking of the candidates will be done properly at main entry gate of the exam center. The candidates should report at the examination center 1 hr 30 minutes prior to commencement of examination and cooperate with the invigilators in frisking. No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination center/hall after commencement of examination. No candidate will be allowed to leave the examination hall/room before completion of examination in each session.
xiv) The use of calculators or Log Tables is not permitted. Mobile phones, pagers, electronic devices, bits of paper, books/note books etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall/Room. The candidate(s) found in possession of any of these items in the examination hall/room will be treated as adopting unfair means and his/her result will not be declared.
xv) The candidates have to follow the instructions given by the invigilators in the examination hall/ room and should not argue with the invigilators or other staff involved in the examination duty at the examination centre. The candidates, who will not follow the instructions, will be treated as adopting unfair means and his/her result will not be declared.
Selection Procedure:-
1. The following steps will be followed:
Step I: The number of candidates to be qualified (total slots) for Eligibility for Assistant Professor shall be equal to 6% of the candidates appeared in both the papers of SET.
Step II: The total slots shall be allocated to different categories as per the reservation policy of Government of West Bengal.
Step III: In order to be considered for ‘Eligibility for Assistant Professor’, the candidate must have appeared in both the papers and secured at least 40% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for General (Unreserved) category/EWS candidates and at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for all candidates belonging to the reserved categories [viz., SC, ST, OBC (belonging to Non-Creamy Layer)/PWD] and Transgender.
Step IV: The number of candidates to be declared qualified in any subject for a particular category is derived as per the following methodology illustrated below:
a) Number of candidates to be declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in the subject ‘English’ (say) for Scheduled Tribe (ST) category
b) Number of candidates belonging to ST category who have qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in ‘English’ (say) (×) Total slots available for ST category (÷)Total number of candidates belonging to ST category over all subjects who have qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor.
2. The aggregate percentage of the two papers corresponding to the number of slots arrived at, shall determine the qualifying cut-off for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in ‘English’ (say) for the ST category.
3. Similar yardstick shall be employed for deriving the subject-wise qualifying cut-offs for all categories. Similar allocation procedure is used for all subjects and categories.
4. The subject -wise cut-offs for transgender should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PWD/OBC/EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
5. It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria decided by WBCSC is final and binding.
How to Apply:-
Important Dates:
1. Commencement of online Application 16th August, 2021 (12 Noon)
2. Last date for online Application and Payment 15th September, 2021 (12 Midnight)
3.Date of Examination 9th January, 2022
4. Steps For Submission Of Online Application Form:
i) Candidate seeking admission to the Test (SET) must apply online only on the WBCSC website.
ii) Before applying online, the candidates must possess the scanned images as below: #Passport size photograph in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 40 kb. The dimension of the photograph should be 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). #Signature in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 30 kb. The dimension of the signature should be 3.5 cm (width) x 1.5 cm (height).
iii) After filling all the details for applying online for SET, the candidates have to opt for payment of examination fee either by credit card/debit card/internet banking.
iv) The candidates are required to bring a photo identity card along with their printout of online admit card on the day of examination.
v) Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on WBCSC website www.wbcsconline.in Please note that Fee submitted through any other mode like Bank Challan, Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected.
vi)In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. WBCSC will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in submission of online application during last days
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