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Annamalai University conducts Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test (TN SET 2021) for determining the eligibility of Tamil Nadu Students for the position of Assistant Professor in Tamil Nadu Universities and Colleges.

 

The TN SET examination will be conducted in General Studies and 26 subjects in pen and paper mode (OMR based) or online mode if the pandemic persists, in various centres spread over across the State. 

 

TN SET 2021 Eligibility - 

 

1. A minimum of 55% marks without rounding off (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale, wherever the grading system is followed) at the Masters level shall be the essential qualification for direct recruitment of teachers and other equivalent cadres at any level.

 

2. A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed at the Bachelor’s as well as at the Master‘s level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Classes (OBC)(Non-creamy Layer)/ PwD (Persons with Disability) ((a) Blindness and low vision; (b) Deaf and Hard of Hearing; (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid-attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under (a) to (d) (including deaf-blindness)) for the purpose of eligibility and assessing good academic record for direct recruitment. The eligibility marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible, based only on the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedure.

 

3. A relaxation of 5% shall be provided, (from 55% to 50% of the marks) to the Ph.D. Degree holders who have obtained their Master’s Degree prior to19 September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result).

 

4. A relevant grade which is regarded as equivalent of 55%, wherever the grading system is followed by a recognized university, at the Masters level shall also be considered valid.

 

5. Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s Degree Programme or the 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 the test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for Assistant Professor / Lecturer after they have passed their Master’s Degree examination with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/Other Backward Classes (OBC)(Non-creamy Layer)/PwD (Persons with Disability)) category candidates. Such candidates must complete their Master’s Degree examination within two years from the date of SET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.

 

6. Candidates belonging to third gender in other words transgender would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and qualifying criteria for TN-SET examination as are applicable to SC/ST/ PwD categories. The subject wise cut-off for this category should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PwD categories in the corresponding subject.

 

7. Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their Postgraduation only.

 

8. Candidates are required to send neither any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor print out of their Application Form (Confirmation Page) to TN-SET office. 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 TN-SET at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action. 

 

9. Candidates having Postgraduate Diploma awarded by Indian University/ Institute or Foreign Degree/Diploma awarded by the Foreign University/ Institute should ascertain the equivalence of their Degree /Diploma with Master’s Degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiu.ac.in)

 

10. Candidates other than General Category are required to mention their Social Status in the Online Application Form. Candidates may note that they should satisfy the eligibility conditions with reference to documents such as Community Certificate and Certificate related to PwD (VI/HI/PH), when they upload their applications. The Community Certificate uploaded by the candidates must be issued by competent authorities. In case any of the certificates mentioned above is found to be invalid by the TN-SET 2021 authority at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action. As the category declared cannot be changed after submitting the application form, candidates are advised to be doubly cautious while filling the category (Community) details.

 

11. Candidates should note that their candidature is provisional. The mere fact that an admission card has been issued to a candidate will not imply that the TNSET 2021 authority has accepted his/her candidature. Candidates may note that candidature will be deemed final, only upon verification of eligibility conditions.

 

Age Limit - There is No Upper age limit to apply for TN-SET examination. 

 

Subject Code - Subject -

 

01 Geography 

02 Chemical Sciences

03 Commerce

04 Computer Science and Applications

05 Economics

06 Education 

07 English 

08 Earth Sciences

09 Life Sciences

10 Journalism and Mass Communications

11 Management 

12 Hindi

13 History

14 Law

15 Mathematical Sciences

16 Physical Sciences

17 Physical Education

18 Philosophy 

19 Political Science

20 Psychology

21 Public Administration 

22 Sociology

23 Tamil 

24 Library and Information Science

25 Sanskrit 

26 Social Work 

 

Syllabi for all TN-SET 2021 subjects can be downloaded from the website www.ugcnetonline.in and www.csirhrdg.res.in 

 

The Test will consist of two papers with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and will be held in two separate sessions as follows: 

 

Session - First 

 

Paper I

 

Marks - 100

 

Number of Multiple Choice Questions - 50 Questions - all Compulsory (2 Marks each)

 

Duration -

 

General - 1 Hour (09:30 A.M. to 10.30 A.M.)

 

PwD - 1 Hour 20 minutes (09:30 A.M. to 10.50 A.M.)

 

Session - Second

 

Paper II

 

Marks - 200

 

Number of Multiple Choice Questions - 100 Questions - all compulsory (2 Marks each)

 

Duration - 

 

General - 2 Hours (11.00 A.M. to 01.00 P.M.)

 

PwD - 2 Hours 40 minutes (11.00 A.M. to 01.40 P.M.) 

 

 

Paper I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. The paper will consist of 50 (fifty) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs); each question will carry 2 Marks

 

Paper II will consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions; each question carries 2 marks, which will be based on the subject selected by the Candidate.

 

There is no negative mark for wrong answers.

 

All the questions of Paper-II will be compulsory, covering the entire syllabi.

 

The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet which will be provided along with the test booklet.