Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) : Introduction
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has initiated new regulation
for those aspiring to become teachers in schools under Government, private,
unaided and aided categories. In accordance with the provisions of sub-section
(1) of section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education
(RTE) Act, 2009, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has
laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment
as a teacher in class I to VIII.
Qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a
teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that
he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government.
The test will be conducted once a
year, separately by state governments and the Central. Eligibility test
conducted by State is called State Level Teacher Eligibility Test (STET). STET will be a compulsory
and essential requirement for securing a teaching job in all types of schools.
State Governments / Union Territories have to draw guidelines to this effect as
per the norms laid down by NCTE. CBSE also conduct Central Teacher
Eligibility Test CTET to be eligible to teach in the schools of the
Central Government in India. States are free
to conduct their own STET (State Teacher Eligibility Test) or honour CTET
(Central Teacher Eligibility Test).
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Having a BEd degree will no longer be enough to become a school teacher.
Candidates have to score minimum 60 percent in the test to qualify for
teacher jobs at any private or government school. There is no bar on the
number of attempts by an aspiring teacher for obtaining a TET certificate.
You can write any number of times. Moreover, an aspirant can appear a
second time to improve the score.
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