Sunday, December 16, 2012

TNTET : Government Order(G.O) For Recruitment of Teachers through Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)

TNTET : Government Order(G.O) For Recruitment of Teachers through Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)



School Education — Teachers Recruitment Board — Recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants Recommendation of the Committee - Orders issued.


Abstract

School Education — Teachers Recruitment Board — Recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants —Fixing the criteria for selection of candidates who have cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test for appointment to the post of Secondary Grade Teachers and B.T. Assistants and other related issues — Recommendation of the Committee - Orders issued.



School Education (Q)Department
G.O.(Ms).No.252
Dated: 05.10.2012
Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2043
Puraftasi 19
Read:
1.G.O.Ms.No.181, School Education Department, dated 15.11.2011
2.G.O.Ms.No.90, School Education Department, dated 28.03.2012.
3.G.O.Ms.No.222, School Education Department, Dated 24.08.2012.
4.G.O.(2D)No.36,School Education (Q)Department, dated 14.09.2012.
5.The High Court, Madras in W.P.Nos.24507 & 2463 1/2012 and M.P.Nos 1 & 1/2012, Judgement dated 21.09.2012.
ORDER:-
   In the G.O. first read above, the Government have issued orders designating the TRB as a Nodal Agency for conducting of Teacher Eligibility Test for the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants.

   2. In the G.O. Second read above, the Government have issued orders for the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants by Conducting the Teacher Eligibility Test. It was also ordered that the qualifying candidates of the Teacher Eligibility Test will be recruited based on marks, Communal rotation and Certificate Verification. However, with respect to the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers, the state-wide seniority in employment exchange registration will be continued till the disposal of the Special Leave Petition filed in the Supreme Court.
   3. In the G.O third read above, the Government have issued orders to conduct the Teacher Eligibility Test on 12.07.2012 for the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants by the Teachers Recruitment Board. The Government further directs the Teachers Recruitment Board, to conduct another Teacher Eligibility Test for those candidates, who have not obtained 60% marks, and the Teacher Eligibility Test to be held before the end of October 2012.
   4. In the G.O fourth read above, the Government constituted a committee for selection of candidates who have cleared the Teacher Eligibility Test for appointment to the post of Secondary Grade Teachers and B.T. Assistants and other related issues under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Minister for School Education, Sports and Youth Welfare with the following members.
1. Hon'ble Minister for School Education, Sports and Youth WelfareChairman
2. Principal Secretary to Government, School Education DepartmentMember
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, ChennaiMember
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, ChennaiMember
   5. In the Judgement fifth read above, the Hon’ble High Court directed as follows:-
   “So far as the candidates who possess the Teacher Eligibility Certificate are concerned, after receipt of the recommendations of the Committee constituted (vide G.O.(2D).No.36, School Education Department, dated 14.09.2012) selection and appointment shall be made as per the criteria to be fixed by the Committee.”
   6. In order to provide quality education to the children in Tamil Nadu and considering the need to filling up of vacant teachers post, the committee in its meeting held on 14.09.2012 and 24.09.2012, unanimously decided to recommend to the Government to adopt the modalities by giving weightage of marks for their academic qualification in 12th Standard, DEEd., Degree, B.Ed. and TET for selection and appointment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants.
   7. The Government have examined the recommendation of the Committee and decided to accept the same. They accordingly direct the Teachers Recruitment Board to adopt the following modalities by giving weightage of marks for selection and appointment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants.
Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test Weightage For Secondary Grade Teachers
   (a) There shall be 100 marks in total as full marks
   (b) The computation of 100 marks will be in the following manner 
(i) Higher Secondary Exam15 marks
(ii) D.T.Ed., / D.E.Ed., Exam25 marks
(iii) Teacher Eligibility Test60 marks
(C) Marks shall be given for item (i) (ii) and (iii) of clause (b) in the manner mentioned hereunder

TNTET : Plea says relax norms for SC/ST in teacher test


TNTET : Plea says relax norms for SC/ST in teacher test


teacher test|Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test | NCTE

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has issued notice to the state government on a public interest petition seeking relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ST and physically disabled candidates in the Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test for selection of BT assistant and secondary grade teachers in the state.

The first bench comprising Chief Justice M Y Eqbal and Justice T S Sivagnanam, issued the notice and said the selection of candidates to these posts would be subject to the outcome of the PIL, after advocate M Palanimuthu submitted that the authorities had not released category-wise figures of successful candidates.

Citing an April 1, 2011 communication from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Palanimuthu said the NCTE recommended relaxation of 5% marks for SC/ST and disabled candidates. Though Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan relaxed 10% and 5% respectively, Tamil Nadu government did not extend any such facility, he said. If such a provision was made, several SC/ST, disabled candidates would benefit, he said

News Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com (14.12.2012)

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TNTET exam was really tough and pass percentage was very low therefore a supplementary exam was also conducted.

It appears in TNTET, Qualifying marks to pass TET is 60% for all categories and no relaxation was given.

3. In the G.O third read above, the Government have issued orders to conduct the Teacher Eligibility Test on 12.07.2012 for the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers and Graduate Assistants by the Teachers Recruitment Board. The Government further directs the Teachers Recruitment Board, to conduct another Teacher Eligibility Test for those candidates, who have not obtained 60% marks, and the Teacher Eligibility Test to be held before the end of October 2012."

To see complete G.O about TNTET is - http://www.tn.gov.in/gosdb/gorders/sed/sedu_e_252_2012.pdf

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

TNTET Trichy : Sudden counselling troubles aspiring teachers in Trichy

TNTET Trichy : Sudden counselling troubles aspiring teachers in Trichy


Dec 10, 2012,

TRICHY: The online counselling for the Bachelor of Teaching (BT) assistant posts in Trichy held on Sunday left many candidates inconvenienced. The candidates did not receive the call letter but got the information through a television channel.

The Directorate of School Education, Chennai had sent a notice to all the chief educational officers on December 7 to conduct the counselling on December 9 in all the districts. The counseling was for the candidates who cleared Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) conducted on October 14, 2012. The TNET result was declared in November and the selected candidates were awaiting their appointment.


Since the duration for sending the call letters to the selected candidates for the online counseling in their respective districts was short, an announcement about the date and venue was flashed on Jaya TV from December 7. Meanwhile, call letters had been dispatched from Trichy to the 318 Trichy-based eligible candidates on Saturday evening. However, most candidates came to know about the counselling through the television advertisement.

Another round of counselling will be held on December 10 for those who could not find vacancy in Trichy district. They would be offered jobs in other districts. "This short period notice troubled us a lot. What if the selected candidates were out of town, they would have not been able to attend the counseling thereby missing out a good opportunity," said Dr TK Lawrence, a relative of a woman who had come for the counselling held at Government higher secondary school in Trichy.

However, an education department official said that as the state-wide function for issuing the appointment orders to the selected candidates, through the chief minister J Jayalalithaa, had been recently re-scheduled for December 13, the counseling was conducted in a hurry.


News Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-10/madurai/35725111_1_trichy-candidates-districts / Times of India (10.12.2012)
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It is surprising that candidate's got information about their counselling through Television, with such a short period of notice.

However another clarification comes in this news is that counselling is re-scheduled to 13th December 2012.


TNTET : Candidates selected for teaching posts


TNTET : Candidates selected for teaching posts



The Teacher Recruitment Board (TRB) on Tuesday announced that 9,664 candidates have been selected for the post of secondary-grade teachers, and 8,718 for the post of graduate assistants.

The selections have been made based on the results of the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).

Over 6 lakh candidates from across the State appeared for the first TET in July, but the test had to be conducted a second time, due to the poor performance of candidates the first time around. TRB needed to fill around 7,500 vacancies of secondary-grade teachers, and close to 20,500 vacancies of graduate assistants.

The selected candidates will be the first set of teachers to be recruited in the State through the TET, which is mandated by the Right to Education Act, 2009. The individual results of candidates will be announced on Wednesday.

According to an official, secondary-grade teachers, who will handle classes I to V have been recruited based on TET scores and employment seniority, as a verdict on a special leave petition by the government is pending in the Supreme Court at present.

Graduate assistants who will handle classes VI to VIII however, have been recruited based on the recently-announced weightage system, where higher secondary, degree, B.Ed and TET marks are taken into account.

TRB data revealed that 820 candidates were rendered ineligible after the certification-verification stage.


The next TET will be conducted in July, an official said.

News Source : http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-news/candidates-selected-for-teaching-posts/article4164785.ece / The Hindu (5.12.2012)
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As per RTE act, TET exam becomes mandatory for selection of Teachers.
And for this NCTE specified guidelines for selection of qualified teachers, http://www.ncte-india.org/RTE-TET-guidelines[1]%20(latest).pdf