LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala State Eligibility Test (SET-2022)-On January 9th, 2022

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Important Dates

LBS Centre for Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram has invited application for Kerala State Eligibility Test (SET-2022), which will be conducted in January 2022.

In order to ensure the standards of teaching in Higher Secondary Course, the Government have decided to conduct the State Eligibility Test for the candidates to be selected as Higher Secondary School Teachers and Non-Vocational Teachers in VHSE. A pass in the State Eligibility Test (SET) is stipulated as a mandatory requirement for appointment as Higher Secondary School Teachers in the State as per the Special Rules in force.

Eligibility:

Those who have acquired Master's Degree in the concerned subject with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade and B.Ed. degree in any discipline from any one of the universities in Kerala or have acquired these qualifications from any other university recognized as equivalent thereto are eligible to apply for the SET January 2022 with certain exceptions as mentioned in the following paragraphs.

For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those having MSc.Ed Degree in the concerned subject with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade from any one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by the NCERT are eligible to apply. For Botany and Zoology, those having MSc.Ed Degree in Life Science (with not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade) from any one of the Regional Institutes of Education are also eligible.

For the subjects Anthropology, Commerce,French, Gandhian Studies, Geology, German, Home Science, Journalism, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Russian, Social Work, Sociology, Statistics and Syriac, candidates need not acquire B.Ed. Degree for applying for the State Eligibility Test.

Those who have acquired II class Master’s Degree in Communicative English with not less than 50% marks and BEd. are eligible to appear for SET in English.
(a)Candidates who have acquired DLED/LTTC in Arabic,Urudu and Hindi but do not have B.Ed Degree are

Candidates who have acquired B.Ed Degree in Hindi conducted by the Dakshin Bharatha Hindi Prachar Sabha are exempted from the requirement of producing the equivalency certificate, as the degree has been recognized by the Universities in Kerala.

Candidates who have acquired their qualification through Correspondence Courses/ Open Universities which are not recognized by any one of the Universities in Kerala are not eligible to appear for the SET. Candidates who have acquired their qualifications through recognized correspondence courses/Open universities should obtain and furnish certificates of recognition and equivalency from any one of the Universities in Kerala.

Candidates who have acquired their Master’s Degree with the minimum required marks for eligibility to appear for SET and are undergoing the final year courses for B.Ed Degree are eligible to appear for the test. Similarly candidates who have acquired their B.Ed Degree and are undergoing the final year courses of their Post Graduate Programme are also eligible to appear for the test. Such candidates must produce the Certificates of their qualifying examinations passed with the minimum required marks within one year from the date of publication of the results of the test, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.

Relaxation of Minimum marks for SC/ ST Candidates Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories shall be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the minimum marks prescribed for eligibility to appear for the State Eligibility Test.

For the subject Latin, candidates who have passed their degree examination in any discipline from any one of the Universities in Kerala or from any other University recognized as equivalent thereto with Latin as their Second Language under Part II with not less than 50% marks for that Part II are also eligible to appear for SET, provided such candidates have acquired II Class Master’s Degree with not less than 50% marks in any discipline.

Age Limit : No age limit is prescribed for candidates appearing for the SET

Scheme of the Test

There shall be two papers for the SET January 2022. The duration of the Test shall be 120 minutes for each paper

Paper I:
Paper I is common for all candidates.It consists of two parts, Part (A) General Knowledge and Part (B) Aptitude in Teaching.
There shall be 120 questions for Paper I with 60 questions each for Part A and Part B. Each question shall carry one mark.

Paper II :Paper II shall be a test based on the subject of specialisation of the candidate at the Post Graduate (PG) Level.
There shall be 120 questions carrying one mark each for the subjects under Paper II except for Mathematics and Statistics. For Mathematics and Statistics there shall be only 80 questions carrying 1.5 marks each.

The questions of both the papers shall be objective in nature and based on single response, ie., for each question four suggested responses (A, B, C, D) will be given of which only one will be the most appropriate answer and the candidates will have to select and mark their response in the appropriate space provided in the OMR Answer Sheets.

For each correct response the candidates will be awarded 1 mark in both the Papers except for Mathematics and Statistics for which each correct response will be awarded 1.5 marks. Marking more than one response against a question shall be deemed as incorrect answer. No marks shall be deducted for incorrect answers.

Syllabus : The syllabus prescribed for the Test will be based on the core areas in the syllabi in the concerned subjects followed by the Universities in Kerala.

How to apply:

Application form can be downloaded from the website of LBS Centre for Science and Technology. Or One can apply through offline mode.

Candidates intending to register for the State Eligibility Test are required to pay the fee for the Test in advance to obtain the Site Access key along with the Application Number for Online Registration. The fee shall be Rs.1000/- for General/OBC candidates and Rs.500/- for SC/ST/VH/PH candidates

Mode of Remitting fee : The fee for the test can be remitted in any selected office or branch of a service provider to be notified later. A card with Site Access Key and Application Number shall be issued to all the candidates who remit the prescribed fee. SC/ST/VH/PH candidates should produce a copy of the Community Certificate/Disability Certificate to get the Site Access Key and Application Number (for Rs.300/-). Fee once remitted shall not be refunded. Candidates residing in Kerala shall not be issued the Site Access Key and Application Number through post.

Candidates residing outside the State of Kerala can request for the card with Site Access Key and Application Number for registration by post. In such cases the mode of payment of fee shall be only through Demand Draft (Rs.1000/- for General/OBC category candidates and Rs.500/- for SC/ST/ VH/PH candidates) drawn from any one of the nationalised banks in India in favour of the Director, LBS Centre for Science & Technology, payable at Thiruvananthapuram. Such request by post, along with the Demand Draft and a self addressed envelope of size 31 cm X 25 cm , should reach the office of the Director, LBS Centre at least 10 days before the closing date fixed for registration for SET-January 2022.

The filled application form should be returned in the envelope superscribed "Application for SET - February 2021" supplied along with the application form. The completed application form must reach the below address.

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