CHAPTER XXIV(A)
NON - TEACHING STAFF
OF AIDED SCHOOLS
1. The number of persons that may be appointed in the Non- teaching establishment of aided schools may be as follows-
Upper Primary Schools (complete) Basic and Non-Basic - one Peon
CLERK
1. No of posts of L.D. Clerks sanctioned to a complete high school with strength of 1600 is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 3 Correct Answer- Option: (B) 2
(A) 1600 (B) 1500 (C) 1750 (D) 2000 ANSWER:- (B) 1500
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4 Correct Answer-Option: (B) 2
PEON(OFFICE ATTENDANT)
(A) 3
(B) 1
(C) 4
(D) 2
ANSWER: (D) 2
2. The number of posts of Peon’s that can be sanctioned High School having a student’s strength of 2000 is:
(A) One(B) Three(C) Four(D) TwoCorrect Answer- Option: (D) Two
SWEEPERS AND OTHER STAFF
1. The number of posts of F.T.M.s admissible for a High School having 1,450 pupils including U.P. Section is
(A) 1(B) 1(C) 2(D) 4Correct Answer- Option: (C) 2
A:-Clerk
B:-Office Attendant
C:-Attender
D:-Full time menialCorrect Answer:- Option-C
3. An aided High School with standard V to X has the effective strength of 3000 pupils. If so, the number of post/posts of Lower Division Clerk admissible is
A:-1
B:-2
C:-4
D:-3
Correct Answer:- Option-B
(A) 1 Full Time and 1 Part Time (B) 3 Full Time (C)2 Full Time (D) 2 Full Time and 1 Part Time ANSWER: (C)2 Full Time
PEON(OFFICE ATTENDANT)
1.If two peons(OA) are appointed in a school with Std IX as the highest, the strength shall be
(A) Above 1500(B) 700 and above but below 1000(C) 700 and above but below 1500(D) Below 700Correct Answer-Option:(C) 700 and above but below 1500
1. No. of peons that may be appointed in schools with Std IX as the highest with a strength of 700 and above but below 1500
(A) One2. The number of posts of peons in schools with Std IX as the highest with a strength of 700 and above but below 1500 is :
(B) TWO
(C) Three
(D) FourANSWER: (B) TWO
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4ANSWER:- (B) 2
3.If two peons are appointed in schools with Std IX as highest the strength shall be
(A) 700 and above below 1000(B) Below 700(C) 1500 and above(D) 700 and above but below 1500Correct Answer-Option:(C) 1500 and above
SWEEPERS AND OTHER STAFF
1.Number of sweepers/watcher appointed in a school with Std IX as the highest is one full time and one part-time the strength shall be
(A) 700 and above but below 1500(B) Below 700(C) Above 1500(D) 700 and above but below 1000Correct Answer-Option:(A) 700 and above but below 1500
(A) 1 Full Timed/Part Time
(B) 3 Full Time
(C) 2 Full Timed, 1Part Time
(D) 2 Full TimeCorrect Answer-Option:(C) 2 Full Timed, 1Part Time
3. In an incomplete high school upto standard VIII only posts of ______ is admissible
A:-ClerkB:-F.T.M.C:-OAD:-one OA and a PTCECorrect Answer:- Option-D
Provided that qualified non- teaching staff appointed against sanctioned posts prior to 1969-70 on a regular basis will be allowed to continue as such. They shall, if they are qualified, be appointed either by transfer or by promotion against permanent vacancies that may arise in the same school or the schools under the same Educational Agency and upon such appointments being made, the posts already held by them as excess shall be abolished. If there are no vacancies for such appointments they may be allowed to continue as such till such posts become vacant by death, retirement, resignation and the like and these posts shall be abolished as soon as they become so vacant.
Note :-
(1) In schools where diversified courses are introduced special staff may be sanctioned by the Director according to the nature of the course.(2) None of the members of non- teaching staff, if any, of the Lower Primary Schools shall be entitled to Government rates of pay].
[Explanation:- (I) The posts of Sweepers and other staff mentioned in this rule shall be a feeder category for appointment to the post of peon].
[Explanation:- (II) The post of Lower Division Clerk shall be filled up by promotion of [attenders], peons, Sweepers and other staff, if they possess the qualification prescribed for the post of Lower Division Clerk in sub-rule (1) or rule 2. If there are more than one claimant for appointment as Clerk under these categories preference shall be given in the order of 10[attenders], Peons, Sweepers and other staff. If there are more than one claimant under a particular category, the order of preference shall be according to the date of their first appointment. If the date of first appointment be the same, then preference shall be given with reference to age, the older being given first preference.
1A. The provisions contained in rules 12, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E and 15 in Chapter XXIII for the fixation of strength of the teaching staff in aided school shall mutatis mutandis apply to the fixation of strength of the non-teaching staff in aided schools also with exceptions that the strength of schools referred to in rule 1 shall mean effective strength and the effective strength shall be calculated on the basis of the total roll strength and the actual attendance on the date of visit of the Educational Officer to all Upper Primary and High School classes taken together for the purpose of sanctioning posts of non-teaching staff.
2. (1) Qualifications:-
The minimum qualifications of the non-teaching staff shall be as follows:-
A:-same as prescribed in Govt serviceB:-as decided by the managerC:-as decided by the Govt from time to timeD:-as per the instructions of the DirectorCorrect Answer:- Option-A
What is the minimum qualification prescribed for the post of sweepers, watchers etc?
(A) SSLC(B) Std VIII(C) Literate(D) Good physiqueCorrect Answer-Option:(D) Good physique
Minimum qualification required for the post of sweeper is __________
Minimum qualification required for appointment of an Attender in a Teacher Training Institute isA:-Standard VII
B:-Good Physique
C:-Cycling
D:-SSLC
Correct Answer:- Option-B
A:-Plus Two
B:-SSLC
C:-Pass in standard VIII
D:-DegreeCorrect Answer:- Option-B
Minimum Education qualification required for the post of clerk of an aided school:
A:-HSE
B:-SSLC
C:-Degree
D:-Pre-degree
Correct Answer:- Option-B
(2) Age limits :-
The lower age limit for appointment as a member of the non-teaching staff shall be 18 and the upper age limit 45. No person appointed to the non-teaching staff shall continue in service beyond the age of 60 [and the service beyond the age of 55 years shall not qualify for pension and gratuity]. ln reckoning the age - Limit the period of service in the defence services otherwise than as a civilian officer, shall be excluded.
Note:- Government may however grant exemption from age limit in cases where the person to be appointed has had long previous experience in similar post to his credit.
The lower and upper age limit for appointment of the non-teaching staff shall be:
(A) 20-35(B) 21-36(C) 18-39(D) 18-45Correct Answer-Option:(D) 18-45
The Lower age limit for appointment of Non Teaching Staff in aided school is:
(A) 25 years(B) 20 years(C) 21 years(D) 18 yearsCorrect Answer-Option: (D) 18 years
The minimum required age for appointing a person as a member of non teaching staff in an aided school is :
(A) 20 Years(B) 17 Years(C) 25 Years(D) 18 YearsCorrect Answer- Option: (D) 18 Years
The normal upper age limit for the appointment of a clerk in an aided School is _________ years
A:-40B:-39C:-36D:-35Correct Answer:- Option-C
3. Salary :-
(1) All those who possess the qualification prescribed in Rule 2 shall be paid salary at the Government rates.
(2) The under- qualified persons already in service shall subject to Rule 4 below be paid salary at the rates they were drawing under the managements. 17[Provided further that under -qualified persons other than clerks who were in service on 1st July 1959, shall be exempted from the qualifications prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 2 and shall be paid salary at the Government rates if they have put in a continuous service of not less than 15 years on that date, and in the case of others, when they complete 15 Years of continuous service. They shall however be entitled to arrears of salary only from 1st July1963. The under qualified clerks holding regular posts will be given a consolidated pay and allowances of Rs. 100 per mensem till they acquire the prescribed qualification or complete 15 years of continuous service.
4. Continuance in old scales:- Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 3(1) the salary of the non-teaching staff of the aided schools appointed, before 31st May 1957, and continuing in office at the commencement of Section 9(2) of the Act shall be paid by the Government on the scales applicable to them immediately before 31-5-1957. The pay in the scales should have been arrived at in the normal course of increments. Abnormal increase in pay as disclosed by the acquittance rolls for one year previous to 1-6-1957 or other records of the school shall be ignored.
5. Option to come to new scales:- If any member of the non- teaching staff coming under Rule 4, having the prescribed qualifications opts the Departmental scale, he shall be allowed to do so and his pay in the new scale on the date of these Rules come into force shall be fixed in the incremental stage just above his pay in the old scale if the pay in the old scale is not a stage in the new scale. If it is a stage in the new scale the pay shall be fixed at that stage. The option once exercised shall be final.
6. Excess non-teaching staff:-
(1) The non-teaching staff in the Malabar area in excess of the number fixed by Rule 1 including those in Lower Primary Schools, appointed under the Madras Rule shall continue on the salary and grade allowed by the Department under the Grant-in-aid system. Similarly the excess number in the T.C. area, if any including those in Lower Primary Schools also may be allowed to continue on the salary and grade sanctioned by the managements as evidenced by the acquittance rolls and other records of the school.
- Note :- (i) The excess hands appointed after the introduction of the scheme of direct payment of salary 18[in T.C. area] have no claim to continue and receive salary from Government; Provided that this rule shall not apply to persons appointed prior to 28-6-1959 in schools coming under Madras Grant-in-aid Code, to posts sanctioned with reference to the scale of non-teaching staff prescribed in the Madras Audit Guide or to those appointed to posts rendered vacant in the normal course or to persons appointed before 1-10- 1968 in schools in the erstwhile Travancore- Cochin area.
(ii) This rule shall not apply to non-teaching staff engaged for sweeping work for which maintenance grant is given as per rules for payment of maintenance grant.
(2) Vacancies of any category arising in the school shall be filled up by appointment from among the qualified excess and protected non teaching staff in any category. If there are no such excess and protected non teaching staff in any of the categories, the vacancy shall be filled up by appointing qualified’ non- teaching staff as provided under rule 7 of Chapter XXIV (B).
7. Any person appointed to the non-teaching staff of an aided school on or after the 31st May 1957 shall be eligible only for salary at Government rates, if the salary allowed by the management is in excess of the Government rates of Salary.
8. Leave rules:-
In the matter of casual leave and all other kinds of leave the non- teaching staff in aided school shall be governed by the rules for non-teaching staff of Government schools in the Service Regulations for the time being in force.
8A. The rules in Chapter XXVII A relating to pension except rules 8 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the non- teaching staff also who have opted for these rules.].
9. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, if it is found necessary, Government may by orders extend any ban on the creation of posts, retrenchment of staff etc., affected by them in Government schools to aided schools].
9A. The manager shall give employment to a dependent of the non teaching staff of an aided school dying in harness. Government orders relating to employment assistance to the dependents of Government servants dying in harness shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the matter of such appointments].
1. The authority for entertaining appeal against the decision of a Dist. Educational Officer, rejecting approval of appointment of a Non Teaching Staff in High School is:
(A) Director(B) Government(C) Dist. Collector(D) Deputy Director of EducationCorrect Answer- Option: (D) Deputy Director of Education
2. Number of Full Time Menial posts admissible to an Upper Primary School with standards V to VII having the effective strength of 1500 pupils
A:-3
B:-Nil
C:-2
D:-1Correct Answer:- Option-B
1. For sanctioning non-teaching staff in a High School having LP and UP sections, the strength of pupil shall be reckoned in the ____________
A:-H.S. Section only
B:-UP and HS sections together
C:-LP, Up and HS section together
D:-LP and HS sections together
Correct Answer:- Option-B
2. No. of posts of F.T. Menial admissible for an independent U.P. School having a student’s strength of 1500 is:
(A) One
(B) Nil
(C) TWO
(D) Three
ANSWER: (B) Nil