TN Health invites applications for Post Basic BSc Nursing, Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing; 100 seats up for grabs, Check out all admission details

Chennai: The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) Tamil Nadu, TN Health has invited applications for admission to Post Basic BSc Nursing and  Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing, Lateral Entry course for 2021 2022 session.

All the interested candidates can apply till 17th December 2021. As per the information bulletin released by TN Health on its official website, a total of 100 seats are available for the candidates, 90 for Post Basic BSc Nursing and 10 for Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing at the concerned institutes.

The candidates are advised to take note of the belowmentioned details including eligibility criteria, schedule, fee, seats reservation, online application procedure and much more in order to avoid any confusion while applying for the courses.

The duration for Post Basic B.Sc.(Nursing) Course is Three years and for Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Course, it is One Year.

IMPORTANT DATES

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• The online submission of Application form for admission to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses 2021-2022 session in Tamil Nadu Government Medical Colleges, Government seats in Self-Financing Medical Colleges affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University can be accessed from the following websites:

www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in /  www.tnmedicalselection.org

• Any change or modification and relevant information pertaining to this admission process will be made available on the websites www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in / www.tnmedicalselection.org
• The candidates are instructed to visit the websites frequently for updates from the date of application till the end of admission process without fail. Selection committee will not be responsible for consequences resulting due to non-diligent follow-up of notices, notification and publications appearing on the websites regarding admission to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses 2021-2022 session
• Candidates are advised to take printout of prospectus and read the prospectus carefully with parents/Guardian before filling the online application and ensure that no mandatory column is left blank. In the event of rejection of the online application form, no correspondence/ request for re-consideration will be entertained.
• Incomplete online application form will be summarily rejected.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:-

a) Candidates seeking admission to Post Basic B.Sc Nursing and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses should submit the online filled in application form with necessary enclosures should reach the following address on or before 20.12.2021 05.00 P.M:-

The Secretary,

Selection Committee,

No.162, Periyar E.V.R High Road,

Kilpauk, Chennai – 10.

b) The candidates shall ensure that the filled in online application form along with enclosures reaches the Selection Committee within the date and time specified i.e., on or before 20-12-2021 at 5.00 P.M. Applications received by speed post/ courier or any other means after the last date & time will not be accepted, irrespective of the date of booking.

c) The Selection Committee shall not be responsible for any delay in the receipt or for the loss in transit of application form etc.,

d) Request for extension of time for submission of documents called for, after the specified date and time will not be considered.

e) Any supporting documents received after the due date of application without required documents / particulars will not be considered.

f) Candidates selected under General Category will not be allowed to claim very same status as the candidates selected under Special Category and vice versa.

g) Candidates seeking admission under Special Category for the Post Basic B.Sc.(Nursing) and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing courses under Differently Abled person shall submit the prescribed format as mentioned in Annexure-I & Annexure-II.

h) Both upper limbs, vision and hearing should be normal for all candidates (including the candidates applying under Differently Abled category).

ELIGIBILITY: -

a) Candidate should be a citizen of India.

NATIVITY :-

a) Candidates should be Native of Tamil Nadu.

b) Candidates belonging to other States cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu.

c) Candidates who are Native of Tamil Nadu and have studied 8th Std to 12th standard in schools of Tamil Nadu and studied Diploma in Nursing course for a period of 3 or 3 ½ years in Tamil Nadu need not enclose the "Nativity Certificate".

d) Candidates who are Native of Tamil Nadu, but studied from 8th Standard to 12th standard and Diploma in Nursing course for a period of 3 or 3 ½ years outside of Tamil Nadu either partly or completely in one or more states should produce their Nativity Certificate issued by the competent authority and true copies of their parent‟s certificates such as SSLC /10th Mark Sheet,12th Mark Sheet,Transfer Certificate, Aadhar, Voter‟s ID, Driving License, Passport and Ration Card to substantiate their place of birth in Tamil Nadu, to ensure the relationship between the parent and candidate. If the true copies of the supporting document is not produced, then the online application will be summarily rejected.

e) Candidates who are native of Tamil Nadu alone will be considered for communal reservation.

f) Other State candidates who are not native of Tamil Nadu but who have Studied 8th standard to 12th standard and studied Diploma in Nursing course for a period of 3 or 3 ½ years in Tamil Nadu will be treated as OC (Open Competition) Category

Note:

Producing false nativity certificate if detected at any time later during the course of study will result in expulsion of the candidate and also initiation of criminal proceedings against the candidate as well as the Parents as per law.

AGE LIMIT: -

Candidates should not have completed 45 years as on 31st December 2021. Evidence should be produced.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: -

(a) Candidates belonging to all categories should have passed in Diploma in Nursing Examination with a pass in the Higher Secondary course or Equivalent Examination recognized by the university and registered as Nurse & Midwife in the Tamil Nadu Nursing Council or any other State Nursing Council.

(b) Candidates should have obtained a certificate in General Nursing and Midwifery and registered as R.N.R.M. with the State Nurses Registration Council or any other state Nursing Council.

PROCEDURE FOR FILLING UP OF APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION

a. The candidate should log on in any one of the following websites : www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in / www.tnmedicalselection.org

b. The Fees for online application process is Rs.400/- (Rupees Four Hundred only) and should be paid via bank portal.

c. Candidates should submit their filled-in online application form by uploading the details in the required fields.

d. Request for change in any particulars in the online Application shall not be entertained under any circumstances after submission.

e. Candidates are advised to submit only one Application Form. If a candidate submits more than one Application Form, his candidature will be cancelled.

f. Candidates should ensure that all informations entered in the online application are correct during the online submission of application form.

g. Candidates should submit the print out of the filled-in online application form (Hard Copy) along with necessary enclosures.

h. The filled-in online application form along with the necessary enclosures should reach the following address on or before 20.12.2021 05.00 P.M.

The Secretary,

Selection Committee,

No.162, E.V.R. Periyar High Road,

Kilpauk, Chennai-10

i. Candidates shold send their filled-in online application form along with all the enclosures in an A4 size cloth lined cover. The template with the requisite details should be printed and pasted on the cover.

j. AR Number (Application Registration Number) will be assigned by the Selection Committee on receipt of the filled-in online application.

k. Candidates are instructed to enclose only the photocopies (not original) of the following certificates in the order indicated below along with the application.

All the entries in the online application form should be correct. The candidate should ensure that all information including the marks in the qualifying examination furnished by him/her in the application and the enclosures are same. The candidate is informed that if after scrutiny of his / her application it is found that the marks furnished by him / her in the application are not correct or any other information is found to be incorrect, then;

a. He/she will be forfeited the admission no matter at what stage of the course at that time.

b. He/she will be debarred from pursuing any studies for a period of two years.

c. Legal action will be initiated against him / her for furnishing incorrect information.

d. Criminal action will be initiated against him / her for furnishing bogus mark sheets / bogus Community certificate/false nativity certificate.

Candidates are instructed to enclose only the photocopies (not original) of the following certificates in the order indicated below along with the filled in online application form.

(i) Higher Secondary course Mark Sheet.

(ii) Diploma in Nursing Mark Sheet (1st Year, 2nd Year & 3rd Year) along with internship mark sheet

(iii) Midwifery / Psychiatry Nursing Mark Sheet

(iv) Transfer Certificate obtained after the completion of Diploma in Nursing Course.

(v) Nativity Certificate (wherever necessary)

(vi) Permanent Community Certificate / Card (wherever necessary)

(vii) Provisional Certificate/Completion of Diploma in Nursing Certificate.

(viii) Permanent Registration Certificate in General Nursing and

Midwifery/ Psychiatry Nursing.

(ix) Service Certificate:- The Service candidates should have completed 2 years of continuous regular service as on 31.05.2021 for Post Basic B.Sc (Nursing) and 1 year of continuous regular service as on 31.05.2021 for Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Course excluding the leave for which the candidate is eligible/ availed other than casual and compensatory leave.

(x) Candidates of Tamil Nadu origin who had studied in other Universities and other States have to produce the Eligibility Certificate from the Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai–600 032.

Note:

(a) The candidates belonging to BC, BCM, MBC/DNC, SC and SCA communities should submit a photostat copy (Xerox) of the community certificate issued by the competent Revenue authority of the area concerned. The candidates who belong to Scheduled Tribe should submit a photo copy of the permanent community card obtained from the respective Revenue Divisional Officer of the Revenue Division.

(b) Candidates should upload the necessary certificates in the prescribed format along with online application and are instructed to submit the application along with hard copies of the same.

(c) Community certificates obtained from other states will not be considered and such candidates will be treated as Open Competition category.

ONLINE COUNSELLING PROCEDURE (SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM):-

11. (a) Online Counselling Schedule will be available only on the website. Candidates should lock their choices of Colleges as per the schedule.

(b) Selection and Admission will be made on merit basis for all categories of seats in Post Basic B.Sc., (Nursing) Course and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Course through Online counselling by following the rule of reservation/ Roster method followed by the Government of Tamil Nadu as per G. O. Ms. No: 206/ P & AR(K) Dept, dated: 6.11.2008, whichever is applicable and availability of seats. Any change or modification and relevant information pertaining to this admission process will be made available immediately on the following websites:-

www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in / www.tnmedicalselection.org

(c) Counselling for the special Category will be done before the General Category. There will be no re-allotment / change of college allotted for the Special Category.

(d) The processing fee of Rs.250/-(Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty Only) should be paid through online mode via bank payment portal to participate in the online counselling.

(e) A candidate who have not registered and have not locked their choices in the 1st round of online counselling they will not be permitted to the subsequent rounds of online counselling.

(f) At the time of choice filling, candidates can choose the College of their own choices on merit basis and the same will be allotted as per the availability of seats.

Reporting

The allotted candidates should download their provisional allotment order and join the course in the allotted Medical College/Institution in person before the date and time specified in the allotment order along with the Originals and copies of the Certificates.

a) The movement of candidate from self financing to Government colleges and from one college to another college (only for Government colleges) will be based on the merit and following the rule of reservation / roster method.

b) If the candidate opts out of a seat at the time of counselling, he / she cannot claim the seat from which he/she opted out at any point of time for the current session.

c) Individual request for transfer of college will not be entertained.

d) Mutual transfer will not be entertained.

e) All selections for Post Basic B.Sc (Nursing) and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses are only provisional. The Selection and admission is liable to be cancelled at any time as and when the eligibility conditions are found to be defective in addition to revelation of suppressed and overlooked facts.

11. a) All communication will be sent only in our official websites:

b) The candidates are instructed to visit the official websites www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in / www.tnmedicalselection.org frequently from the date of application to till the end of admission process without fail. Please do not wait for counselling information to be received by post, as all information including the date of counselling will be announced in the websites only.

c) Counselling schedule for Post Basic B.Sc (Nursing) and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses will be available at official websites only.

d) All Candidates attending the counseling for Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing Courses will have to pay Rs.250/- (Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty only) as processing fee. The Processeing fees should be paid via bank portal.

METHOD OF SELECTION

a) The selection will be made based on merit and applying the rule of reservation / Roster method followed by the Government of Tamil Nadu as follows:-

1. Within 30% reservation for BC, 3.5% reservation will be provided for BC Muslims

2. 16% of seats out of 18% quota earmarked to SC shall be allotted to the Arunthathiyar community.

3. Rule of Reservation would be followed as applicable at the time of counselling.

4. BC, BCM, MBC/DNC, SC, SCA & ST candidates are eligible for selection under open competition as per merit in addition to the reservation made for them.

b) Any remaining unfilled seats for want of adequate number of eligible candidates belonging to SCA community shall be filled by candidates belonging to SC community other than Arunthathiyar as per merit and vice versa. (G.O.Ms No.55/ P & AR Department dated: 08.04.2010)

c) Any remaining reserved seats in ST Quota for want of adequate number of eligible candidates belonging to ST community shall be allotted to candidates belonging to SC Community as per merit. (G.O.Ms.No.77/Health & Family Welfare Department (MCA1) dated 24.02.2011)

d) Any remaining unfilled seats in BCM Community for want of adequate number of eligible candidates after exhausting the merit list shall be filled up on merit basis by candidates belonging to BC community without exceeding the quota for BC community as a whole (G.O.Ms.No.30/H&FW Dept(MCA1)dated 18/01/2012)

e) Even after filling up of the required seats reserved for Arunthathiyars on preferential basis, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, such excess number of candidates of Arunthathiyars shall be entitled to compete with the Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars in the inter-se merit among them (As per G.O.Ms.No.65/P &AR(K)of Department, dated:27.07.2009).

f) The Third Gender candidates who identify themselves as female by self declaration supported by the certificate (ID Card) issued by the Tamil Nadu Third Gender Welfare Board (TNGWB) are also elgible to get allotment as female candidates.

CATEGORY OF SEATS: -

i) Government Medical Colleges.

ii) Government Quota Seats in Self-Financing Colleges.

iii) The admission to Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Course is open to both men and women in the ratio of 1:9 (10% for men and 90% for women). The third gender candidates who identify themselves as female by self declaration supported by the certificate (ID Card) issued by the Tamil Nadu Third Welfare Board (TNGWB) are also eligible to get allotment as female candidates.

iv) 

FEE DETAILS & INSTRUCTIONS:

19. Registration fee and Caution Deposit will be collected as per rules in force. SC/ SCA/ ST candidates are exempted from payment of tuition fee.

Note:

Candidates who have been selected under Differently Abled category are also exempted from paying Tuition fee and special fee.

(Students of SC/SCA/ST community, whose Parents/Guardian‟s annual income is less than Rs.2,50,000/-(Rupees Two Lakhs and Fifty Thousand Only) and for SC converted Christianity students whose parents/guardians annual income is less than Rs.2,00,000/-(Rupees Two Lakhs Only) are exempted from payment of all compulsory, nonrefundable fee (Enrollment/ Registration, Tuition, Games, Union, Library, Magazine, Medical Examination and such other fee compulsorily payable by the scholar to the Institution or University/Board) and also exempted from all compulsory Non refundable fee fixed by the Fee Committee. The fee, so exempted shall be claimed by the respective Institutions under the Scholarship Programme of the Government of India. (As per G.O.(Ms) No.6 AD and TW Dept. dated 09.01.2012 and G.O.(Ms) No.51, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, dated 7.8.2013) and as per G.O.(Ms).No.92/AD and TW Dept. Dated 11.09.2012.

20. The Selected Candidates will have to produce the original mark sheet of the qualifying examination and other original documents such as proof of age, Community Certificate and transfer certificate etc., at the time of admission to the Dean of the Medical Colleges/ Institutions concerned. Selection will be cancelled if the candidates do not produce all the original documents and the original transfer certificate.

21. The candidates will be required to undergo Medical Examination at the College to which they are allotted before the Medical Board on the date notified by the authorities of the college. Only those candidates found medically fit will be admitted and be permitted to pay the fee. 

22. Candidates selected for admission and their parent / guardian will have to sign discipline declaration form in Annexure–IV, Revision of fee declaration form in Annexure–V and Allotment and Re-allotment declaration form in Annexure–VI. Failure to sign the declaration will result in the cancellation of selection.

23. Private Candidates selected for admission to Post Basic B.Sc., (Nursing) Course are not guaranteed any appointment in Government Service.

24. The candidate shall diligently complete his / her training for the said course at the said college, shall abide by the rules of the said college in force regulating the conduct of students at the said College and shall pass all the examinations prescribed for the said Course by the University or the Medical Institution concerned

25. As per the resolution of the Indian Nursing Council the last date for Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) course and Post Basic Diploma in Psychiatry Nursing course for admission is 31.12.2021 and if any further extension announced by the Indian Nursing Council will be intimated in the websites.

26. DISCONTINUATION FEE:-

The candidates who are allotted and joined in any of the seats in Govt. Medical Colleges and discontinue the Post Basic B.Sc.(Nursing) Course after the cut-off date should pay the Discontinuation Fee of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees One Lakh only) by means of Demand Draft in favor of "The Secretary, Selection Committee", payable at Chennai.

AGREEMENT BOND : -

Candidates who are employees in the Government of Tamil Nadu shall execute an agreement to the effect that on successful completion of the course, they will undertake to serve the Government of Tamil Nadu till superannuation. If they fail to do so, the entire pay and allowances paid during the period of study shall be recovered from the individual or from the surety.

To view the official notice click on the following link:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/tamil-nadu-165958.pdf