TNTET : No TET for those whose certificates verified between May 2010-Feb 2011

TNTET : No TET for those whose certificates verified between May 2010-Feb 2011

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Tamilnadu TET|Teachers Eligibility Test|Compulsory Education Act

CHENNAI: Madras high court on Tuesday said candidates aspiring to become teachers and whose certificates were verified between May 2010 and February 2011 need not appear for the mandatory Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).

Delivering the judgement on review petitions filed by 94 teacher trainees, a Division Bench comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and M Vengopal granted relief to them after dismissing their petitions by another Division Bench.

In May 2010, over 32,000 qualified candidates having teacher education diploma were sponsored by various employment exchanges on seniority as well as communal reservation basis for teacher selection process. Their certificates were verified between May 12, 2010 and February 2011.

On August 23, 2010, the Centre notified the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act), as per which a Teachers' Eligibility Test was made mandatory for appointment of teachers for Class VI to Class VIII.

Two TET exams were held by the state government, which had seen less than one per cent pass percentage, resulting in teacher training qualified candidates resenting the selection process by a mandatory test, instead of seniority of registration in employment exchanges.

A batch of 94 such candidates had filed a writ petition, which was dismissed on March 1 last year.

Their appeal too was dismissed in July last year. In their present petition, filed by advocates R Sudha and C Uma, they said they were sponsored for selection and their certificate verification too was completed. Hence they should be exempted from writing the TET.

Advocate general A L Somayaji assisted by additional government pleader P Sanjay Gandhi, however, said mere sponsoring of names by employment exchange and calling of candidates for certificate verification, by themselves could not be termed selection. The question of appointment would arise only if a candidate is selected for the post, he said.

The bench pointed out that Clause 5 of the RTE Act notification made it clear that candidates who had taken part in selection process prior to the Aug 23 2010 notification date need not write the TET.

After the AG said no vacancies were available for teachers as on date, the judge said "we direct the authorities to accommodate the review petitioners in future vacancies, without insisting on them to appear for the TET."

Sabhaar : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com ( Jul 10, 2013)

TNTET : Court faults govt's teacher hiring policy

TNTET : Court faults govt's teacher hiring policy

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Candidate Recruited as Teacher At the Age of 57 year due to Seniority in Employment Exchange

CHENNAI: Appointing teachers based solely on seniority of their registration in the employment exchange is disastrous, the Madras high court has said.

"The policy has resulted in persons who had crossed more than 50 or 55 years being appointed as teachers. I have had cases of persons who were appointed at the age of 57, only to retire within a year," rued Justice V Ramasubramanian.

Passing orders on a batch of petitions filed by computer instructors in schools, seeking not to be terminated from service, Justice Ramasubramanian said: "It is unfortunate that instead of 'excellence' having a date with 'education,' it is 'employment' that has today eloped with 'education'."

The judge also made it clear that he would not issue any direction to the government to take seniority in employment as the sole criterion to appoint teachers. "It is impossible for me to close my eyes and give a direction to the authorities to make recruitment solely on the basis of seniority of registration in the employment exchange. It is my duty to point out that the hands of the government are not fettered today, to evolve a process for selection of qualified and competent teachers," he said.

He pointed out that in July 2012 only 0.34% of 7.14 lakh candidates cleared the teacher eligibility test. When a supplementary examination was held, only 2.9% of 6.43 lakh candidates cleared it. Pointing out that the state had 685 teacher training institutes churning out about 73,000 students every year, the judge said, "The quality of teacher education is such that when the Teachers Recruitment Board conducted the eligibility test, the pass percentage was so low."

The petitioners were among 1,880 computer instructors appointed in government schools in 1999 on a consolidated pay of Rs 1,500 a month. Their selection was set aside by the high court in 2006 on a petition by teachers registered with the employment exchange. On an appeal, a division bench upheld their selection after the government said that it planned to conduct a special test as a one-time measure. The matter reached the Supreme Court and in the meanwhile, the government conducted the special test in October 2008. As 50% marks was the cut-off, out of 1,686 candidates only 857 qualified. The government then brought down the qualifying marks to 35% and another 829 candidates qualified.

In July 2009, the SC permitted the government to absorb only those who had scored 50% and above and said other could be allowed to rewrite test. Termination notices were served on those who could not clear the test in the second attempt too. While these teachers challenged the termination, those on employment exchange register wanted the court to direct the authorities to recruit them as per seniority.

News Source / Sabhaar : Times of India News Network( TNN May 20, 2013, 02.14AM IST)

TNTET : Demand to include Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test under quota policy increases

TNTET : Demand to include Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test under quota policy increases

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Teacher Recruitment Board|Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test|National Council for Teacher Education|Andhra Pradesh

COIMBATORE: The state government might have decided to stick to 69% reservation policy in employment and education but the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) conducted by the Teacher Recruitment Board in violation of the reservation policy has raised many eyebrows.

Even though National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) said concessions may be given by appropriate state governments to SC/ST, OBC and differently-abled candidates in deciding the pass marks, the state has not yet followed the reservation policy in TET and 60% remains the minimum pass percentage for all candidates.


TET was introduced in accordance with the provisions of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) to ensure quality of teachers. Reliable sources told TOI that even though the NCTE vide its order had clearly stated that passing the TET is only one of the eligibility criteria, in Tamil Nadu it is treated as a competitive examination for recruitment of teachers.

"Only in Tamil Nadu, reservation is not followed in TET, which is given extra importance as a competitive examination," a senior education department official who is closely associated with SC/ST welfare association said. Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Bihar among others have extended the reservation benefits to TET.

In Andhra Pradesh, the pass percentage in TET for OBC is 50% and for SC/ST and physically handicapped is 40%. In Assam, 5% relaxation is given for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC and persons with disability (PWD). Though reservation is followed in National Eligibility Test (NET) and State Eligibility Test (SET), reservation policy of the state government is yet to make footsteps in TET.

A copy of the NCTE order available with TOI reads as follows: "May consider giving concessions to persons belonging to SC/ST, OBC, differently-abled persons, etc., in accordance with their extant reservation policy."

Activists and academicians citing the order say that failure to extend the benefits of reservation in TET by the state government is in violation of the constitution of India and demanded that the issue should be addressed immediately


News Source : Times of India Epaper TNN Apr 8, 2013, 01.17AM IST
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TNTET : “Appointment of teachers subject to outcome of writ petition’’

TNTET : “Appointment of teachers subject to outcome of writ petition’’

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HC Bench passes interim order on public interest litigation petition
The Madras High Court on Thursday said that appointment of BT Assistant Teachers and Secondary Grade Teachers subsequent to the Teachers Eligibility Test held in October this year would be subject to the result of a writ petition pending before it.

The First Bench consisting of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam passed the interim order on a public interest litigation petition by M. Palanimuthu, an advocate, and headquarters secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. The Bench posted the matter for further hearing after two weeks.

Mr. Palanimuthu said a supplementary Teachers Eligibility Test was conducted in Tamil Nadu on October 14. A total of 3,73,696 candidates wrote the examination and 8,808 were successful. When releasing the results, the Teachers Recruitment Board failed to publish the community-wise and subject-wise passed candidates. This, the petitioner said, had been done with an “ulterior motive.” The board had hidden the facts to SC, ST, Backward Classes and the physically challenged.

The NCTE had issued a communication of April 1 last year for relaxing 5 per cent to SC/ST and the physically challenged candidates for qualifying eligible marks. In the notification itself, the board had not mentioned about the relaxation of the qualifying marks for eligibility as had been done by some other States.

The petitioner prayed the court to conduct the selection of BT Assistant Teachers and Secondary Grade Teachers according to the NCTE guidelines.


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TNTET - B.T. assistant vacancies filled up

TNTET - B.T. assistant vacancies filled up

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Online counselling for the post of B.T. assistant for TNTET (Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test) candidates for appointment within the district took place on Sunday at Syed Murtuza Government Higher Secondary School under the supervision of Chief Educational Officer K. Selvakumar.

Of the 322 candidates who had cleared the examination in the district, 222 were appointed within the district. The rest would take part in the second day of online counselling on Monday for appointment in other district, the CEO said. Online counselling for appointment of TNTET passed candidates for secondary teacher posts would be conducted on Tuesday. Teachers’ Recruitment Board is conducting appointments on the basis of weightage and seniority.

For BT assistants, 
weightage is based on scores in higher secondary (10), degree (15), B.Ed. (15), and TNTET (60). 

Weightage for secondary teachers is awarded on the basis of scores in higher secondary (15), D.T.Ed. (25), and TNTET (60).

Certificate verification was conducted for TNTET passed candidates last month at E.R. Higher Secondary School for four days.


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TNTET : Petition seeks relaxation for SC/STs in TET minimum marks

TNTET : Petition seeks relaxation for SC/STs in TET minimum marks

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A writ petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking relaxation, for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates, in the minimum mark of 60 per cent fixed by Teachers Recruitment Board for clearing the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).

R. Anusuya (23) of Tirunelveli, a Dalit candidate, who had scored only 76 marks as against the minimum required marks of 90 out of 150, had filed the petition. She claimed that failure to provide relaxation was against the Constitutional safeguards provided for the SCs and STs.

When the case came up for hearing before Justice V. Ramasubramanian on Thursday, he ordered notice of motion (notice issued before admitting a case) to the School Education Department as well as Teachers Recruitment Board returnable by four weeks.

Earlier, petitioner’s counsel G. Thalaimutharasu contended that TET was made mandatory for all those who want to serve as teachers on the basis of recommendations made by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) after the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.

The instructions issued by the NCTE categorically state that though a candidate must secure a minimum of 60 per cent to be eligible to clear TET, the State Governments might consider providing concessions to candidates belonging to SC, ST, Other Backward Classes and the physically challenged.

In accordance with the instructions, relaxation of five per cent of marks was provided for SC/ST candidates in Assam, 10 per cent in Odisha, 20 per cent in Andhra Pradesh and five per cent in Delhi. Such relaxations were provided even for the NET and SLET examinations conducted for college lecturers.

Though Tamil Nadu was one of the most progressive States that had always been in the forefront in terms of ensuring social equality, it was surprising that it had failed to provide relaxation of marks in TET for people belonging to socially backward communities, he added.

The counsel also claimed that there were several mistakes in the question paper prepared for the TET conducted on October 14. He said that a key (list of answers) downloaded by his client from the Internet did not contain any answer for at least two of the 150 questions.


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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)

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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 Welfare	Chairman
2. Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department	Member
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Chennai	Member
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Chennai	Member

   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 Exam	15 marks
(ii) D.T.Ed., / D.E.Ed., Exam	25 marks
(iii) Teacher Eligibility Test	60 marks

(C) Marks shall be given for item (i) (ii) and (iii) of clause (b) in the manner mentioned hereunder