I. Nationality :- A candidate for direct recruitment to a post of teacher must be-
a. a citizen of India; or
b. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st day of January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India; or
c. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or any of the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar) with the intention of permanently settling in India;
Provided that a candidate belonging to category (b) or (c) above must be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the State Government:
Provided further that a candidate belonging to category (b) will also be required to obtain a certificate of eligibility issued by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence Branch, Uttar Pradesh:
Provided also that if a candidate belong to category (c) above, no certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of more than one year and the retention of such a candidate in service beyond a period of one year shall be subject to his acquiring Indian citizenship.
Note:- A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary but the same has neither been issued nor refused, may be admitted to the interview and he may also be provisionally appointed subject to the necessary certificate being obtained by him or issued in his favour.
II. Age:- A candidate for direct recruitment to a post of teacher must have attained the age of twenty one years on the first day of July of the calendar year in which the vacancies are advertised by the Board or by the Joint Director, as the, case may be.
III. Academic qualification:- A candidate for appointment to a post of teacher must possess qualifications specified in Regulation 1 of Chapter II of the Regulations made under the Intermediate Education Act, 1921.
IV. Character :- The character of a candidate for direct recruitment to a post of teacher must be such as to render him suitable in all respects for employment in an educational institution. The Board shall satisfy itself on this point.
Note:- Persons dismissed by the Union Government or a State Government or a Local Authority or by a Corporation or Body owned or controlled by the Union Government or a State Government shall be ineligible for appointment. Persons convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude shall also be ineligible.
V. Marital Status:- A male candidate who has more than one wife living or a female candidate who has married a man already having a wife living shall not be eligible for appointment to the post of a teachers:
Provided that the State Government may, if satisfied that there exist special grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
VI. Physical fitness:- No candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the post of a teacher unless he be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of his duties:
Provided that a blind person shall not be ineligible for appointment to the post of a teacher for the subject of Music. (2) Before a candidate is finally selected for appointment, he shall be required by the Board to produce a medical certificate of fitness from the Medical Officer of any Government hospital or Primary Health Centre:
Provided that a medical certificate of fitness shall not be required from a candidate to be recruited by promotion.
VII. Bar to appoint a male candidate in a girl institution:- No male candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the post of a teacher in a girls institution :
Provided that nothing contained in this rule shall apply to-
(a) a candidate already working as a confirmed teacher in a girls institution for appointment by promotion to a higher post of teacher, other than the post of head of institution in the same institution; or
(b) a blind candidate for appointment as a teacher for the subject of Music:
Provided further that when a suitable lady candidate is not available for appointment to the post of a teacher other than the post of head of institution, or for any other sufficient reason, the Board is satisfied that it is expedient in the interest of the students so to do, it may select a male candidate for such post:
Provided also that before selecting a male candidate in accordance with the preceding proviso, the Board may obtain and consider the views of the Management of the concerned institution and the Joint Director.
No male candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the post of a teacher in a girls institution :
Provided that nothing contained in this rule shall apply to-
(a) a candidate already working as a confirmed teacher in a girls institution for appointment by promotion to a higher post of teacher, other than the post of head of institution in the same institution; or
(b) a blind candidate for appointment as a teacher for the subject of Music:
Provided further that when a suitable lady candidate is not available for appointment to the post of a teacher other than the post of head of institution, or for any other sufficient reason, the Board is satisfied that it is expedient in the interest of the students so to do, it may select a male candidate for such post:
Provided also that before selecting a male candidate in accordance with the preceding proviso, the Board may obtain and consider the views of the Management of the concerned institution and the Joint Director.