TS TET to be conducted soon: Education Dept

Hyderabad: The State government has accorded permission to the Director of School Education and Chairperson, TET Committee to conduct the Telangana State Teacher Eligibility Test (TS TET) at the earliest. A memo was issued by Education department secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania on Wednesday. The government has also issued a GO making amendments to the TET […]

Hyderabad: The State government has accorded permission to the Director of School Education and Chairperson, TET Committee to conduct the Telangana State Teacher Eligibility Test (TS TET) at the earliest. A memo was issued by Education department secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania on Wednesday.

The government has also issued a GO making amendments to the TET eligibility criteria as per guidelines issued by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). As per this, candidates with graduation with at least 50 per cent marks (45 per cent in case of SC/ST/BC differently abled) and passed in bachelor of education/bachelor of education (special education) have also been given eligibility.

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“A person who has acquired the qualification of Bachelor of Education from any NCTE recognized institution shall be considered for appointment as a teacher in Classes I to V provided the person so appointed as a teacher shall mandatorily undergo a six month bridge course in Elementary Education recognized by the NCTE, within two years of such appointment as a primary teacher,” the GO reads.

The government has also extended the validity period of the TET qualifying certificates for life. This provision will have retrospective effect from the date of enforcement of TET guidelines i.e., 11.02.2011.

 

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