The Teachers Recruitment Board has been constituted as an institution with the objective of selecting Teachers with good ability and aptitude for Government run schools in 1987. The vacancy position will be published in the daily News Papers after getting the approximate vacancy status from the concerned appointing authority. The Board is recruiting candidates through various means viz.,
(i) Getting list from the Employment Exchange based on registration seniority
(ii) Conducting Written Competitive Examination and Certificate Verification for Secondary Grade Assistant, Graduate Assistant, Post Graduate Assistant, Assistant Elementary Educational Officers, Special Teachers and Senior Lecturers, Lecturers and Junior Lecturers in SCERT
(iii) Conducting Certificate Verification followed by interview for Government Arts & Science Colleges
(iv) Open Written Examination and Certificate Verification for Engineering Colleges with a view to user in transparency and fairness in recruitment.
(v) Teachers Recruitment Board conducts the TNTET (Tamilnadu Teacher Eligibility Test) from 2012 onwards.
Plan for the recruitment of various category of Teachers as follows: