IGNOU JAT Recruitment 2023

Application Fee Payable by Candidate
UNRESERVED, OBC & EWS	Rs.1000/-
SC, ST, FEMALE etc.	Rs.600/-
PwBD	NIL
Method of Fee Payment After completing Step 3 of online Application Form, candidates may remit the examination fee (Step 4) by choosing the following options: 1. Through Debit/Credit card – Candidates need to check the validity of the Debit/Credit Card, while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should enter the information asked for and make the required payment through Debit/Credit Card. 2. Through Net Banking - Keep all credentials ready while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should Login with his/her credentials of net banking and make payment through Net Banking. Note: In case, the fee payment status is not ‘OK’, the candidates are advised as following: If the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not OK, it means the transaction is cancelled. Therefore, such candidates have to pay the fee once again and ensure the OK fee status. ·For cancelled transactions, the amount will automatically be refunded to concerned Credit/ Debit card within 15 days of last date of submission of Application Form.

Recruitment of non-teaching staff:

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) invites Online applications for recruitment to the non-teaching post of Junior Assistant cum Typist (JAT) from the eligible candidates, in the prescribed application form available on the Website www.ignou.ac.in or https://recruitment.nta.nic.in as per details given below. Tentative notified vacancies are mentioned against the post as on date of advertisement and the same may be liable to change.

IGNOU JAT Recruitment 2023 Details of Post & Eligibility Requirements:

Sl. No.

Name of the post

Pay Matrix

Age Limit (in years)

Vacancy Category-wise

Total No. of Posts

Horizontal Reservation

Essential Qualifica-tions

UR

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

PwBD

Ex- Service man

Meritorio us Sports person

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Junior Assistant – cum-Typist (JAT)

(19900-63200) Level 02 of 7th CPC

18-27

83

29

12

55

21

200

09

20

10

10+2 With a Typing speed of 40 w.p.m. in English and 35 w.p.m. in Hindi on Computer

Nationality/Citizenship:

1. A candidate must be either:
   1. a citizen of India or
   2. a subject of Nepal or
   3. a subject of Bhutan or
   4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India Or
   5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in
2. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
3. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination, but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

Age Relaxation:

a. Cut-off date to determine eligibility in terms of age of candidates will be 31-03-2023.

b. SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PWBD candidates who opt to apply for unreserved vacancies will not be eligible for age relaxation or relaxation in cut-off marks which are otherwise allowed to those belonging to these Further, reserved category candidates (SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/PWBD) who become eligible by virtue of age relaxation applicable in their case, will be considered only for reserved seats of the category to which they belong even if they have the merit to be considered otherwise for UR.

c. Age relaxation permissible to various applicants is as under: -

S.No.	Category	Age Relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit (Beyond 27 years)
1.	SC/ST	5 years
2.	OBC(NCL)	3 years
3. (i)	PWBD	10 years
(ii)	PWBD + OBC(NCL)	13 years
(iii)	PWBD + SC/ST	15 years
4.	Ex-Servicemen and commissioned Officers including ECO/SSCOs	Period of Military service plus 03 years
5. (i)	Disabled Defence Services personnel	Up to 45 years of age
(ii)	Disabled Defence Services personnel (SC/ST)	Up to 50 years of age
6.(i)	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
(ii)	Widows/Divorced Women/Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST).	Up to 40 years of age
7. (i)	Meritorious Sportspersons	5 years
(ii)	Meritorious Sportspersons (SC/ST)	10 years

 A. Guidelines for conducting written examination for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities above 40% vide letter dated 29 August 2018 from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Provisions relating to Persons with Disability (PwD):

As per Section 2(t) of the RPwD Act, “Persons with Disability (PwD)” means a person with long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairment which, in interaction with barriers, hinders his full and effective participation in society equally with others.

According to Section 2(r) of the RPwD Act, 2016, “persons with benchmark disabilities” means a person with not less than forty percent (40%) of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority.

Facilities for PwD candidates to appear in the exam.

As per the guidelines issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(Divyangjan) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment issued from time to time on the subject: “Written Examination for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities”, for the candidate with one of the benchmark disabilities [as defined in Section 2(r) of RPwD Act, 2016], holding a Disability Certificate in the prescribed format in the Rights of Person with Disabilities Rules, 2017

1. The facility of Scribe, in case he/she has a physical limitation and a scribe is essential to write the examination on his/her behalf, being so certified in the aforesaid format by a CMO/Civil Surgeon/ Medical Superintendent of a Government Health Care
2. Compensatory time of one hour for examination of three hours duration, whether such candidate uses the facility of Scribe or  not.

Services of a Scribe

As per the office memorandum of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Reference: F.No. 34-02/2015-DD-III dated August 29, 2018), the PwD candidates who are visually impaired OR have a disability in the upper limbs OR have lost fingers/hands thereby preventing them from properly operating the Computer Based Test platform may avail the services of a scribe (amanuensis).

The scribe will help the Candidate in reading the questions and/or keying in the answers as per the directions of the Candidate. A scribe will NEITHER explain the questions NOR suggest any solutions.

PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe need to opt for this during the online registration.

If it is found at any stage that a candidate has availed the services of a scribe and/or availed the compensatory time, but does not possess the extent of disability that warrants the use of a scribe and/or grant of compensatory time, the candidate will be excluded from the process of evaluation, ranking, counselling, and admission. In case such a candidate has already been admitted to any Institution, the admission of the candidate will be cancelled.

The NTA does not guarantee any change in the category or sub-category (PwD status) after the submission of the Online Application Form, and in any case, no change will be entertained by NTA

Candidates must note that the benefit of reservation will be given to them subject to verification of documents. If it is discovered at any stage that a candidate has used a false/fake/incorrect document, or has furnished false, incorrect, or incomplete information, in order to avail the benefit of reservation, then such a candidate shall be excluded from all admission processes. In case such a candidate has already been given admission, the admission shall stand cancelled.

Note:

1. The minimum degree of disability should be 40% (Benchmark Disability) in order to be eligible for availing reservation for persons with specified
2. The extent of “specified disability” in a person shall be assessed in accordance with the “Guidelines for the purpose of assessing the extent of specified disability in a person included under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016)” notified in the Gazette of India by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment [Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)] on 4 January
3. No change in the category will be entertained after the last date specified by NTA.

 Guidelines for conducting written examination for persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing

1. These guidelines may be called as Guidelines for conducting written examination forpersons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of Section 2(s) of the RPwD Act, 2016 but not covered under the definition of Section 2(r) of the said Act, i.e. persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in
2. The facility of scribe and/or compensatory time shall be granted solely to those having difficulty in writing subject to production of a certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution.
3. The medical authority for the purpose of certification as mentioned in point (II) above should be a multi-member authority comprising the following: -

1. Chief Medical officer/Civil Surgeon/Chief District Medical Officer........ Chairperson
2. Orthopaedic/PMR specialist
3. Neurologist, if available*
4. Clinical Psychologist/Rehabilitation Psychologist/ Psychiatrist/Special Educator
5. Occupational therapist, if available*
6. Any other expert based on the condition of the candidate as may be nominated by the Chairperson. (* the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Chief District Medical Officer may make full efforts for inclusion of neurologists, occupational therapist from the nearest District or the Medical College/Institute, if the same is not available in the district)"

Compensatory time not less than 20 minutes per hour of the examination should be allowed for persons who are eligible for getting In case the duration of the examination is less than an hour, then the duration of the compensatory time should be allowed on pro- rata basis. Compensatory time should not be less than 5 minutes and should be in the multiple of 5.

IGNOU JAT Recruitment 2023 Scheme Of Examination

There will be Computer Based Test (CBT) to be conducted in bilingual (Hindi/English) form by NTA. On the basis of CBT, the merit list will be prepared keeping the number of candidates to be qualified as ten times the number of vacancies.

(MCQ Type)	Test Components	Duration: 2 hours
		No. of Questions	Marks
(i)	General Awareness	30	30
(ii)	Reasoning and General Intelligence	30	30
(iii)	Mathematical Abilities	30	30
(iv)	Hindi/English Language and Comprehension	30	30
(v)	Computer Knowledge Module	30	30
Total		150	150
Note*- Extra time will be given to PwBD candidates as per GoI norms

 Tier II

The candidates qualified in the CBT of Tier I, will have to undergo skill (Typing) test which will be of Hindi or English language and will be qualifying in nature subject to minimum qualifying speed as mentioned in the advertisement.

The detailed examination process and syllabus mentioned are given below:

Tier-II

Skill Test/Typing Test

Qualifying in nature subject to minimum qualifying speed.

IGNOU JAT Recruitment 2023 Important Links:

Download IGNOU JAT Notification 2023