NOTIFICATION FOR WEST BENGAL SET-2018
NOTIFICATION FOR WEST BENGAL SET-2018
FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ONLY IN WEST BENGAL
ADVERTISEMENT NO. 21/SET/2018
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for twenty first State Eligibility Test (SET-2018) for the posts of Assistant Professor in Universities and Colleges of West Bengal only.
Important Dates
Submission of online Application Form: 16th August, 2018
Last date for Applying Online: 15th September, 2018
Last date for Online Fee Payment : 15th September, 2018
Last date of submission of Fee through online generated Bank Challan, at any branch of UNITED BANK OF INDIA or through credit/debit card /internet banking: 20th September, 2018
Correction in Particulars of Application Form over email id
query@wbcsconline.in : 28th September, 2018
Date of Examination: 9th December, 2018
1. 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 9th December, 2018 (SUNDAY) for determining
the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor
only in Universities and Colleges of West Bengal.WBCSC will conduct SETin 30
subjects (listed in Pages 7 - 8) at selected Test Centres of different
Districts(listed in Pages 8- 9) 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 of the Universities/Colleges of West Bengal.
(iv) The result of the SET to
be held on 9th December, 2018 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 results.
(v)
Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/Persons with Disability(PwD)/Other
Backward Classes (OBC)(Non- creamy layer) candidate will be given such special
concessions as may be decided by the WBCSC under the Guidelines of UGC.
2. CONDITIONS OF
ELIGIBILITY
(i) 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)
category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off)
in Master’s degree or equivalent examination 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. However, such candidates shall be
considered eligible for Assistant Professor only after they 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)
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 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 advised to
appear in the subject of their post-graduation only. The candidates, whose
post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects in item No.13(on
page 7), may appear in a related subject.
(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).
3. AGE LIMIT
There is no
upper age limit for applying for SET. However, for the purpose of recruitment,
the relevant Government Order will be applicable.
4. EXEMPTION
(i)
NET/SET/SLET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and
appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. In
this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations
and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time.
(ii)
The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are
also exempted from appearing in NET/SET.
(iii) The candidates who have
cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for
Assistant Professor held prior to 1st June 2002 are eligible to apply for Assistant
Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the
qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor
only in the Universities/ Colleges situated in the state from where they have
cleared their SET.
5.
EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT
Category
|
General
|
Other Backward Classes
(Non-creamy layer)
|
SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender
|
Examination Fee
|
₹ 1000/-
|
₹ 500/-
|
₹ 250/-
|
(ii) After filling all the
details for applying online for SET, the candidate will have the option to
select the mode of payment of examination fee either by credit/debit
card/internet banking or through e-challan generated during the online filling
of the application form indicating their details therein.
In
case, the fee payment status is not ‘OK’ the candidates are advised as
following:
If
the fee is paid through e-challan by depositing cash in above mentioned bank,
the candidate should contact immediately the concerned bank to update his/her
fee status on the website.
If the fee is paid through credit/debit card/internet banking and status is not
OK, it means the transaction is cancelled and the amount will be refunded to
concerned credit/debit card /internet banking account within a week. Such
candidates have to pay the fee once again.
Please note that fee
submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be
rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
6. SCHEME AND DATE
OF TEST
The Test
will consist of two papers. Both the papers will consist of only objective type
questions and will be held on 9th December , 2018 (SUNDAY) in two
separate sessions as under:
Session
|
Paper
|
Marks
|
Number of Questions
|
Duration
|
First
|
I
|
100
|
50 questions, all are
compulsory
|
1 Hour (09:30 A.M. to 10:30
A.M.) IST
|
Second
|
II
|
200
|
100 questions, all are
compulsory
|
2 Hours (11:00 A.M. to
01:00 P.M.) IST
|
7. PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF RESULT
Top 6% of
the appearing candidates who appear in both two papers and secure at least 40%
aggregate marks for candidates belonging to General Category and at least 35%
aggregate marks for candidates belonging to reserved categories, viz., [SC, ST,
OBC (belonging to Non Creamy Layer) and PWD] and
Transgender, will be declared qualified for Eligibility
for Assistant Professor by following the reservation policy of the Government
of West Bengal.
This will comprise of
following steps:
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 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:
Number of candidates to be
declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in the subject
‘English’ (say) for Scheduled Tribe (ST) category
|
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.
|
8. PROVISIONS FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (INCLUDING VISUALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATES) HAVING 40%
OR MORE DISABILITY
i) Twenty minutes compensatory time shall be provided for
Paper – I and forty minutes for Paper – II separately.
ii) The persons with minimum 40% Disability (Physically
Challenged) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own
hand-writing can also avail the services of scribes. Compensatory time and
facility of scribe would not be provided to other Persons with Disability
(Physically Challenged) candidates.
iii) The candidate has the discretion
of opting for his/her own scribe or has to request the concerned
Officer-in-charge of the Test Centre for the same in writing at least one week
in advance of the test. In such instances the candidate is allowed to meet the
scribe a day before the examination so as to verify whether the scribe is
suitable or not. Those candidates who opt for their own scribe have to produce
the scribe before the concerned Officer-in-charge of the Test Centre along with
his/her certificates of educational qualifications at least one day before the
test.
iv) There is no provision of
Test Booklets in Braille for visually impaired candidates.
v) The candidates with disability should fill in the
percentages and type of disability correctly in the online application form of
SET, 2018.
vi) An amount of Rs. 1000/-
(Rs. One thousand only) will be paid to the scribe by the Officer-in-charge of
the Test Centre on the day of examination for all papers.
9. ADMIT CARD FOR SET It
may be noted that the admit card will be uploaded on the website www.wbcsconline.in
in the third week of NOVEMBER, 2018. No Admit Card will be sent
to the candidates by post. The candidates should download their Admit Cards
from the website 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.
10. HOW TO APPLY (APPLICATION
HAS TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE) STEPS FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
i) Candidate seeking admission
to the Test (SET, 2018) 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 select the option of payment of
examination fee either by credit/debit card/internet banking or through
e-Challan generated during the online filling of the application form
indicating their details therein and follow the process as mentioned under
point no. 5 (ii) on page 2.
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 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.
11. 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 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.
ix) WBCSC may change the
Centre of examination or date of examination without assigning any reason.
x) It may be noted that the
Admit Card will be uploaded on the website in the third week of NOVEMBER,
2018. 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.
xi) 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.
xii) 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 10:30 AM in the 1st session and 1:00
PM in the 2nd session. xv) 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 unfairmeans and his/her result will not be declared. xvi) 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 unfairmeans and his/her result will
not be declared. xvii) In the examination hall/room, the candidates will
neither talk to each other nor discuss any matter during the examination. The
candidates should not disturb the candidates in the examination room and
maintain complete silence during the examination. The candidate violating these
instructions will be treated as unfairmeans and his/her result will not be
declared. xviii) Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the
Test Booklet on the Admit Card or on any other paper. xix) There are no
negative marks of incorrect answers. xx) The candidate shall have to return the
OMR Sheet of Paper I & II to the Invigilator before leaving the examination
hall/room. xxi) No TA will be paid to the candidates, on account of appearing
at the examination etc xxii) Answer keys of all the papers will be displayed on
the website www.wbcsconline.in during first week of January, 2019 (the
exact dates will be notified later in the website). The feedback of answer keys
will be accepted only through e-mail id which will be notified in due course. TheWBCSC’s decision on
the feedback of answer keys shall be final and the result will be declared on
the basis of final answer keys.
xxiii) 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.
xxiv) The marks of all the
candidates will be uploaded on WBCSC website soon after declaration of result.
Besides this, WBCSCwill not issue any marks sheet to qualified/non qualified
candidates. xxv) No grievance with regard to answer key(s) after declaration
of result of SET, 2018 will be entertained. xxvi) Canvassing in any form
will disqualify the candidate. xxvii) The decision of the WBCSC shall be
final in all matters. xxviii) All legal disputes pertaining to this Test
shall fall within the jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court only.
12. CHECK LIST FOR
FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM The
candidates are advised to ensure the following points before filling the Online
Application forms: i) Whether they fulfill the eligibility conditions for the
Test as prescribed under the heading ‘CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY’.
ii) That they have filled their CATEGORY,
viz, GENERAL/OBC (non-creamy layer)/SC/ST/ PwD/Transgender, in the relevant
column correctly. iii) That they have filled their subject and city of
examination and code in the relevant columns correctly. iv) That the Person
with Disability (PwD) candidates have filled the relevant column in the online
application form. Only PwD candidates have to fill this column and the others
have to leave it blank. v) Whether they have kept a printout of application
form (confirmation page) for their own record.
13. SUBJECT &
SYLLABUS OF TEST
All
questions of Paper – II will becompulsory, covering entire syllabus of earlier
Paper - II & Paper –III (including all electives, without options). Syllabi
for all SET subjects can be downloaded from the website www.wbcsconline.in and WBCSC
will not send the syllabus to individual candidates. The list of SET subjects
along with their respective codes is as given below:
Subject Code
|
Subject
|
01
|
ENGLISH
|
02
|
BENGALI
|
03
|
SANSKRIT
|
04
|
HINDI
|
05
|
URDU
|
06
|
COMMERCE
|
07
|
ECONOMICS
|
08
|
HISTORY
|
09
|
PHILOSOPHY
|
10
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE
|
11
|
EDUCATION
|
12
|
CHEMICAL SCIENCES
|
13
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
14
|
LIFE SCIENCES
|
15
|
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
|
16
|
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
|
17
|
SOCIOLOGY
|
18
|
PSYCHOLOGY
|
19
|
LIBRARY & INFORMATION
SCIENCE
|
20
|
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
|
21
|
ELECTRONIC SCIENCE
|
22
|
COMPUTER SCIENCE
|
23
|
HOME SCIENCE
|
24
|
SANTHALI
|
25
|
JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION
|
26
|
ANTHROPOLOGY
|
27
|
EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC,
OCEANOGRAPHY & PLANETARY SCIENCES
|
28
|
MUSIC
|
29
|
LAW
|
30
|
NEPALI
|
Candidates are advised to
appear in the subject of their post graduation only. The candidates, whose post
graduation subject is not covered in the above list of subjects may appear in a
related subject.
(i) For Mathematical Sciences, candidates having Master’s degree
in Mathematics/ Pure Mathematics/Applied Mathematics/Statistics are eligible.
(ii)
For Life Sciences, candidates having Master’s Degree in Biological Science/
Botany / Zoology / Animal Science / Microbiology / Molecular Biology /
Bio-Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Physiology and other related subjects are
eligible.
(iii) For Library Science,
candidates having M.Lib./M.LIS. degree are eligible.
(iv)
For Physical Education, candidates having M.P.Ed. degree are eligible.
14. CENTRES OF
EXAMINATION
The candidates have to select
any Two Centres of their choice for Examination of SET -2018. The efforts will
be made to allot Centre of Examination to the candidates in order of the choice
opted by them in their application form. However, in some exceptional
circumstances, a different Test Centre of nearby area may be allotted.
DISTRICT CODE
|
DISTRICT
|
1
|
KOLKATA
|
2
|
SOUTH 24 PARGANAS
|
3
|
NORTH 24 PARGANAS
|
4
|
HOWRAH
|
5
|
HOOGHLY
|
6
|
PURBA BARDHAMAN
|
7
|
PASCHIM BARDHAMAN
|
8
|
BIRBHUM
|
9
|
BANKURA
|
10
|
PURULIA
|
11
|
JHARGRAM
|
12
|
PURBA MEDINIPORE
|
13
|
PASCHIM MEDINIPORE
|
14
|
NADIA
|
15
|
MURISHIDABAD
|
16
|
MALDA
|
17
|
UTTAR DINAJPUR
|
18
|
DAKSHIN DINAJPUR
|
19
|
JALPAIGURI
|
20
|
ALIPURDUAR
|
21
|
COOCHBEHAR
|
22
|
DARJEELING
|
15. TIME SCHEDULE
FOR SET-2018
DATES OF EXAMINATION :
09/12/2018
|
PAPER - I
|
PAPER - II
|
a) Entry in the Examination
Hall
|
08.00 AM (IST)
|
10.45 AM (IST)
|
b) Distribution of Test
Booklet
|
09.20 AM(IST)
|
10.50 AM (IST)
|
c) Seal of the Test Booklet
to be broken/ opened to take out the Answer Sheet
|
09.25 AM(IST)
|
10.55 AM (IST)
|
d) Last entry in the
Examination Hall
|
09.30 AM (IST)
|
11.00 AM (IST)
|
e) Test commences
|
09.30 AM(IST)
|
11.00 AM (IST)
|
f) Test concludes
|
10.30 AM (IST)
|
01.00 PM(IST)
|
16. INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE OF TEST BOOKLET AND ANSWER
SHEET
The candidates will find the
Answer Sheet placed inside the sealed Test Booklet. The seal will be broken/
opened by the candidates on the announcement by the invigilator and the Answer
Sheet shall be taken out. Do not open/break the seal before the announcement. The candidates should verify the serial number and
series of the Test Booklet with the serial number and series of OMR sheet. In
case of any variation, the Test Booklet and OMR sheet should be immediately
returned to the invigilator for the replacement with another set of same series
available in the examination hall/centre. 1. Each Test Booklet will have
a pre-printed Series like X, Y, Z . Thecandidates are required to check that
the Series pre-printed on the Test Booklet is correctly entered in the Answer
Sheet.
2. The
Answer Sheet (OMR) used will be of special type which will be scanned on
Optical Scanner. All
the responses of the OMR Sheet are to be filled in neatly and accurately by the
candidate with Black ball point pen only. Use of pencil is strictly
prohibited.
For Further Details
Please see the official Website: www.wbcsconline.in
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