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TRB Instruction Manual for TNTET for Working Teachers 2026

பணிபுரியும் ஆசிரியர்களுக்கான ஆசிரியர் தகுதி தேர்வில் பின்பற்ற வேண்டிய நடைமுறைகள் குறித்து ஆசிரியர் தேர்வு வாரியம் TRB வழிகாட்டுதல்

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TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD

3rd and 4th floor, Puratchithalaivar Dr.M.G.R. Centenary Building,

College Road, Chennai – 600 006.

TAMIL NADU TEACHER ELIGIBILITY

TEST FOR WORKING TEACHERS-2026

(PAPER-I AND PAPER-II)

INSTRUCTION MANUAL TEACHERS RECRUITMENT BOARD

INSTRUCTIONS

I. DISTRICT COLLECTOR – ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. The District Collector is the Chairperson of the Examination Committee in the district, for the conduct of the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers -2026 Paper-I and Paper-II scheduled to be held on 04.07.2026 & 05.07.2026 respectively.

2. Conduct meetings for all officers & concerned staffs for proper co-ordination & training to conduct Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers (Paper I & Paper II-2026) on 30.06.2026

3. To ensure proper receipt, storage of confidential materials and prompt distribution to the centres.

4. To ensure proper deployment, management, secrecy and Integrity of the process.

5. To ensure the smooth conduct of the Examinations in all centers of the district concerned.

6. Collection and despatch of all confidential bundles and OMR Answer Sheets with adequate security, integrity and secrecy.

7. The District Collector should deploy adequate staff as moving and supervision parties to ensure complaint-free conduct of the examination.

8. Ensure preparedness of all centres for Examination by 8.00 a.m.

9. Visit personally to verify all arrangements for the conduct of the Examinations.

3 II. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE – ROLE &RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Providing necessary police protection for Confidential materials custodian points from the date of receipt of question paper bundles till the despatch of Confidential materials from custodian points.

2. Providing police protection for all the examination centres on the day of examinations with appropriate security and Law & Order arrangements.

3. As frisking has to be done for all the candidates, provide police personnel (male and female) with necessary materials to all the examination centres.

4. As the reporting time for the candidates is 8.30 a.m. on the day of examinations, instruct the police personnel deputed for frisking to be present before 8.00 a.m. on the day of examination at the examination centres allotted to them.

5. The candidates should not be allowed to enter the gate after 9.30 a.m.

6. Vigil on Mischief makers and Rumour Mongers in advance. 7. To Co-ordinate with the District Collector and Chief Educational Officer and provide police protection to the vehicles transporting confidential papers and other materials to examination centres and police protection to the vehicles transporting the answer sheet bundles and other materials to the custodian points after the examination. III. CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICERS AND OTHER INSPECTING OFFICERS ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Chief Educational Officer of each Revenue District is the Member Secretary of the Exam Committee and In-charge for conducting Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers (Paper I&II-2026). The Chief Educational Officer has to ensure the following arrangements before the commencement of the Examination.

1. The Chief Educational Officer should co-ordinate with the District Collector and District Police Officials for all Assistance required including Police protection for Question Paper Custodian Points, all Examination Centers, Safe Transport of confidential material before and after examination.

2. A co-ordination meeting has to be arranged in advance with all the department officers involved for smooth conduct of the Examination.

3. The pre-visit of custodian points under the control of CEO’s is compulsory and a report has to be submitted to TRB on 23 .06.2026 (Annexure -I)

4. For each Revenue District only one custodian point is permitted. District Educational Officer is appointed as the custodian and Government Higher Secondary School Head Master or Government High School Head Master to be appointed as additional custodian.

5. Make necessary arrangements at the custodian points including sufficient double lock almirah for well-protected storage of materials, CCTV CAMERA arrangements with recording facilities, un-interrupted power supply should also be ensured.

6. The CEO should ensure CCTV Recordings happens un-interrupted in custodian point. The CCTV recordings in pen drive should be handed over to the TRB while handing over the confidential bundles after completion of TNTET Paper II Examination.

7. Necessary vehicle arrangements have to be made for transporting the Question Papers and OMR Answer sheets.

8. Route Maps have to be prepared in co-ordination with District Educational Officer for distribution of Question Paper bundles and OMR Answer Sheets with Police protection and teams for the same have to be organized. This should be confidentially briefed to the Collector. 9. The Confidential Bundle shall reach the district concerned on or before 01.07.2026 The Chief Educational Officer should take care of receiving the confidential bundles along with custodians. The Chief Educational Officers are instructed to acknowledge the receipt of confidential bundles for Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers -2026 for both Paper I&II.

10. Centre wise OMR Answer Sheet, Attendance Sheet and Special Covers will be handed over to the Chief Educational Officers on or before 01.07.2026.

11. The List of Examination Centers, Number of Candidates allotted language wise centre wise for Paper-I and language wise, Subject wise & centre wise for Paper-II, Number of PH Candidates (language wise, Subject wise and centre wise) will also be provided by TRB on 23.06.2026 12. Necessary registers should be maintained at the custodian points to account for the quantity of all the confidential materials received and issued, with details thereof.

13. Registers along with entries are to be kept ready for surprise inspection by the Monitoring Officers of Teachers Recruitment Board and Designated Supervisory Officers.

14. Appointing the Chief Superintendents and Departmental Officers, for each examination centres to be completed on 30.06.2026. 15. Arrangements to appoint sufficient number of Invigilators and scribes by DEO office to be completed on 01.07.2026. 16. The Question Papers w ill be issued to the districts contain language wise 20 (or) 40, excess for each Examination Centres of the Custodian Point along with the actual number of candidates.

17. The route officers who will collect the Answer sheet bundles from the centres should handover the Answer sheet bundles and other materials to the Custodian and Additional Custodian in a vehicle with POLICE ESCORT on the day of examination itself (before 03:30 p.m both Paper I & Paper II)

18. The Chief Educational Officers should receive all the OMR Answer Sheets in sealed bundles and other records and keep them in safe custody till handing over of the bundles to the Postal Department. The Chief Educational Officers should take personal care in keeping the answer sheet bundles safely till handing over to Postal Department.

19. Proforma IV and V to be sent by the CEO to TRB on 30.06.2026. immediately after the receipt of confidential bundles and OMR and other Records. IV. STORAGE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

i. QUESTION PAPER:

One sealed box contains language wise 100 Question Papers in 5 sealed question paper packets (1packet contains 20 question papers). The box should not be opened at any cost. The materials received by the Chief Educational Officer should be handed over to the custodians and the custodians should store the confidential materials in the double locked almirah by following the due procedure. Lock-1keys must be kept by the custodian I (District Educational Officer) and the Lock-2 keys must be kept by the custodian II Higher Secondary HM / High School HM). The centre-wise allotment should be made in terms of whole box. TRB has allotted the question paper box in sufficient numbers and therefore there is absolutely no need for opening the box. The sufficiency of question papers must be verified Language wise / Subject wise as per the nominal roll allotted to each centre. All the Chief Educational Officers are instructed to strictly adhere to these instructions.

ii. OMR ANSWER SHEETS SUFFICIENCY, ACCURACY & CONFIDENTIALITY (Annexure -II)

The verification should be done by the Chief Superintendent and the Departmental Officer in the presence of the Chief Educational Officer concerned. After verifying the sufficiency (language / Subject wise and centre wise) without opening the seal kept in the custodian points. If there is any insufficiency in the number of OMR Answer Sheets received for the centre or any other discrepancy, it should be immediately reported to Teachers Recruitment Board (in writing) on or before

01.07.2026 and get it rectified promptly. It is the responsibility of the Chief Educational Officer to contact TRB to expedite the process of rectification. Nominal Roll should be handed over to the Departmental Officers on the previous day of the examination 03.07.2026 for TNTET Paper I and 04.07.2026 for TNTET Paper II. The OMR Answer Sheets are already allotted Hall -wise & sealed and this should be handed over to the centres for the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for working Teachers 2026 on that date of examination 04.07.2026 for Paper I and 05.07.2026 for Paper II with the Question papers. 1. The distribution of question paper bundles and collection of OMR Answer Sheet bundles should be done through route officers. CEO has to prepare a Route Map for smooth distribution of question paper bundles to the examination centres. It should be ensured that the OMR Answer Sheet bundles reach the centres in time along with the question paper bundles. A copy of this centre-wise arrangement should be confidentially briefed to the District Collector.

2. While dispatching the question papers to examination centres, checking the materials on all aspects including whether they are sufficient and language wise/Subject wise correctly allotted for the exam centre concerned is mandatory. The inspecting officer will record his initial to this effect that the materials are adequate in number and centre-wise allocation matches well with the supply.

3. Necessary vehicle arrangements have to be made for transporting the sealed question paper bundles, OMR answer sheet and Attendance Sheet. Escort facility for all the vehicles should be provided in consultation with the Superintendent of Police & District Collector.

4. The sufficiency of the question paper and OMR Answer Sheet received are to be verified personally by the Chief Educational Officer and report has to be submitted to Teachers Recruitment Board. (Annexure -II)

5. Nominal List should be issued to the examination centres one day before the examination. OMR Answer Sheet, Attendance sheet along with the special covers and other materials will be provided to the centre through Route officers on the day of examination.

6. Make arrangements to appoint the following examination officials in sufficient numbers with complete arrangements(substitutes).

i.Chief Superintendent

ii.Departmental Officer

iii.Frisking Personnel

iv.Hall Invigilators and stand-by invigilators

v.Scribes

vi.Frisking Personnel may be retained as squad during the examination.

7. All the personnel engaged in examination work should have an unblemished record of service and CEOs should take personal care in selecting them. All centres or officials found to have been involved in suspicious activity in the previous recruitments should be avoided. 8

8. The CEO should obtain the following certificates from all the above-mentioned Officials involved in the examination process. a. None of my relatives is writing the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers July-2026 (Paper I and Paper II).

b. Myself and none of my relatives are involved in any kind of activities relating to the TRB examination including conducting coaching classes. c. I have not been contacted by any private person regarding the examination.

9. The Chief Educational Officer has to conduct training program on 01.07.2026 for all the above-mentioned officials in advance before the date of examination.

10. The Chief Educational Officers should suitably instruct the Chief Superintendents and the Departmental Officers to be very careful in handling the OMR Answer Sheets.

11. Instructions to the Chief Superintendent and Departmental Officers to take safety measures stand by arrangements with regard to heavy rainfall.

a. The Examination Halls are to be checked for leakage of rainwater.

b. For the candidates to wait, separate room must be provided. If no separate rooms are available, arrangements like Shamiyana is to be made. c. Windows of the examination halls are to be checked and ensured that they are without any damage.

d. To ensure all basic amenities are available at the exam centre 12. Hall Tickets are uploaded only on the TRB Website. Hence, the Candidates may be permitted to write the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test for Working Teachers 2026 (Paper I and Paper II) with the downloaded Hall Tickets.

13.The Chief Educational Officer should send the absentees report to TRB before 10.30a.m. on the day of examinations. PA to CEO may be authorized for this work.

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