Constitution of the Board

Inorder to coordinate, monitor and support all the educational institution, the Archdiocesan Board of Education was constituted in the year 1993, and a Constitution also was framed and promulgated in the same year. The constitution proposes clear policies and norms regarding and missions of students.

Taking into consideration the changes that have taken place in the field of Education in the Archdiocese thanks to the newly started institutions and upgrading of institutions, a revision of the Constitution was felt a necessity and the redrafting started one year back and it is almost in its final shape.

Appointment of Teachers in the Educational Institutions in the Archdiocese

Candidates Possessing Secondary Grade Certificates are appointed in Standard One to Fifth. Selection of SGT’s is done based on the year of passing the SGT examination. So far the candidates who have passed upto 2003 have all been posted. During this selection in addition to the marks they have secured in the TTI examination, special marks are given to the community to which they belong. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste are given more marks. Consideration is shown to the economic background of the Candidates, their Conduct & Character and knowledge in the Catholic religion.

High and Higher Secondary Schools and Training Schools

Candidates possessing the required qualifications are appointed in the High and Higher Secondary Schools.The posts that are available in these schools may be either Government aided or Self-financing.

Whenever a Government aided vacancy arises, Candidates who are working in our High and Higher Secondary Schools on consolidated pay under a self-financing system are promoted to the Govt. aided post based on their years of experience. The government aided posts are being funded by the government. The self-financing post are funded by the schools for this purpose certain amount of fees is collected from the students. School facing shortages of funds are supplemented by the Archdiocese. Naturally there is lot of difference in the pay scales.

In this two-tier system, no candidate can straightaway get into a government post in any one of our institutions. First, one has to serve on consolidated pay and after some years of service, he / she will be fitted into government aided post as and when vacancy arises.

In all such vacancies only Catholics are recruited. In case of non-availability of Catholic Candidate, Candidates belonging to the other religions are also considered. In the selection of Catholic Candidates, preference is shown to S.C. Candidates.

Colleges

In the appointment of candidates in the College, as stated above Catholic Candidates are preferred to non-Catholics, and S.C. students are given preference. There is a dearth of eligible Candidates for the post of lecturer in a college.

Admission of students in school and colleges other than Teacher Training Institute and B.Ed. College.

All the catholic students who apply for admission in these institutions are all admitted, irrespective of the caste to which they belong.

Thanks to the upgrading of middle schools into High Schools and the upgrading of High Schools into Higher Secondary Schools. In some of the important villages, quite a good number of students who would otherwise have discontinued their studies are able to pursue their studies upto the High, Higher Secondary level and many pursue up to graduated and Post-graduation studies.

Admission in B.Ed. College

The Archdiocese runs one B.Ed. College is completely unaided and self-financing. Due to the Court direction certain percentage of seats has to be reserved to non-catholic student for some year. Now this restriction has been removed; we are allowed to admit most of the Catholic candidates. Moreover besides three more B.Ed. colleges have been started by Religious Congregation within the Archdiocese. Hence there is practically no difficulty for catholic students to get admission in B.Ed. College.

In the year 2012 the Government has introduced TET (Teacher’s Eligibility Test) to which the board has to confirm with the norms and regulations of the Government.

Scholarship

Apart from the Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishop’s Scholarship which is extended to only Dalit Students who are pursuing pro final education and Diocesan Scholarship is given to all candidates pursuing professional education, in colleges to deserving candidates.