Functions

The Teachers Recruitment Board was constituted in the year 1987, for the express purpose of recruiting teachers in Schools under the School Education Department. The Board is now vested with the responsibility of recruiting teachers and Assistant Professors for three Departments viz. School Education, Higher Education and Legal Studies. The Teachers Recruitment Board has also been designated as the nodal agency for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test in Tamil Nadu.

Recruitment For various Categories of Posts: -

Teachers Recruitment Board has been entrusted with the direct recruitment for the following categories of posts.

1. School Education
   • Secondary Grade Teachers
   • Physical Education Teachers
   • Drawing Teachers
   • B.T. Assistants
   • Sewing Teachers
   • Music Teachers.
   • Post Graduate Assistants
   • Physical education Directors, Grade - I
   • Computer Instructors, Grade - I
   • Block Educational Officers
   • Agricultural Instructors
   • SCERT - Lecturers
   • SCERT - Senior Lecturers
   • SCERT - Junior Lecturers

2. Higher Education
   • Assistant Professors in Government Engineering Colleges
   • Lecturers in Government Polytechnic Colleges
   • Assistant Professors in Government Arts & Science Colleges and College of Education

3. Directorate of Legal Studies
   • Assistant Professors in Government Law Colleges

Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test:-

Teacher Recruitment Board has been designated as a nodal agency for conducting the Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test (TNTET) vide G.O.Ms.No.181 School Education (C2) Department dated 15.11.2011.