In exercise of the
powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India,
and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is
pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab State
Elementary Education (Teaching Cadre) Group 'C' Service Rules, 2018, namely:- (1) These rules may be
called the Punjab State Elementary Education (Teaching Cadre) Group 'C' Service
(First Amendment) Rules, 2022. (2) They shall come into
force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette. In the Punjab State
Elementary Education (Teaching Cadre) Group 'C' Service Rules, 2018
(hereinafter referred to as said rules), the word and letter "Group
C" wherever occurred except Appendix 'C', shall be omitted. In the said rules, in
rule 2, in sub-rule (1), for clause (b), the following clause shall be
substituted, namely:- "(b)
"Recruiting Agency" means the
Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab or the Directorate of Recruitment
of the Department of School Education or any other recruiting authority as
specified by the Government from time to time for the purpose of these
rules;" In the said rules, in
rule 4, for the words "recommendations of the Board", the words
"recommendations of the Recruiting Agency" shall be substituted. In the said rules, in
rule 6, after sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- "(4)
No person shall be appointed to the
Service by way of direct recruitment unless he qualifies the test(s) as
specified by the Director or Recruiting Agency, as the case may be, from time
to time and any other qualifying test or examination as specified by the
Government from time to time. The final selection of candidates shall be on the
basis of their merit in the examination of aforesaid test(s). There shall be no
marks for viva voce or interview". In the said rules, in
Appendix 'B', for Serial No. 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following
shall be substituted namely :- "3. Elementary Trained Teacher Hundred Per Cent (1) Should have passed Graduation
with minimum fifty per cent marks in the case of General Category candidates,
and forty-five per cent marks in the case of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes,
Other Backward Classes, Backward Classes and Physically Handicapped
candidates, from a recognised university or institution; and (2) Should possess two years
'Elementary Teachers Training' course or two years Diploma in Elementary
Education (by whatever name known), from a recognized university or
institution that the candidates, who have done the ETT course (or have done
this course with other nomenclature), with 10+2 qualification, shall be
considered for appointment into the Service under these rules till the 30th
day of September, 2025."PUNJAB STATE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (TEACHING
CADRE) GROUP 'C' SERVICE (FIRST AMENDMENT) RULES, 2022
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