TNTET : Supplementary teachers’ test to be held on October 14

TNTET : Supplementary teachers’ test to be held on October 14

CHENNAI: In a welcome relief to several thousand teacher aspirantswhofailedin the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) on July 12, the state government has said the supplementary test would be held on October 14 instead of October 3, and that all eligible candidates , including those who did not apply earlier ,couldwriteit . 
A submission to this effect was made in the Madras high court by additional advocategeneral P H Aravindpandian on Friday ,when a batchof writ petitions came up for hearing beforeJustice S Nagamuthu . 
Appreciating the state government's stand and the efforts of Aravindpandian , the judge asked the authorities to give wide publicity to the fact that thosewhocould not apply for the last examination could send in their application between September 24 and 28. 
It all started with the introduction of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 as per which all teacherstobe recruitedin future should have passed the TET. In Tamil Nadu , the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) was named as the nodal agency to conduct the TET, which shall be conducted atleastonce a year . 
Results of the TET conductedon July 12was a rudeshockto several thousand candidates , as only 2,448 out of the 6.77 lakh candidates who wrote the examination scored the minimum pass percentage of 60 . The government had intended to select 26 ,116 candidates through the TET and appoint them in schools. Following a public uproar and demands from various sections , the state agreed to conduct a supplementary teston October 3.But,it restricted the supplementary test only to the unsuccessful candidates . Dubbing it as discriminatory ,several people moved the high court . A writ petition filed by one Vijayaraj opposed appointment of the 2,448 successful candidates , as TET was only a qualifying test. On Friday , the TRB chairman filed two affidavits . One affidavit informedthe court of the postponement of the test from October 3 to October 14. The other affidavit said a government order had been issued to form a panel to decide on the selection norms and process 


News Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com (23.9.12)
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It is a great confusion in many states that TET is Only A Qualifying Test OR its Marks can be used for SELECTION.

CTET Advertisement Specified that - Candidates can re appear in exam to improve score

11.2 There is no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a CTET Certificate. A person who has qualified CTET may also appear again for improving his/her score.
http://ctet.nic.in/ctetnov2012/PDF/CTET_NOV2012.pdf

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NCTE Guidelines specifide that -

9(b) should give weightage to the TET scores in the recruitment process; 

however, qualifying the TET would not confer a right on any person for recruitment/employment as it is only one of the eligibility criteria for 

appointment

( Source : http://www.ncte-india.org/RTE-TET-guidelines[1]%20(latest).pdf )

Frequency of conduct of TET and validity period of TET certificate :-

11 The appropriate Government should conduct a TET at least once every year. The Validity Period of TET qualifying certificate for appointment will be decided by the appropriate Government subject to a maximum of seven years for all categories. But there will be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take for acquiring a TET Certificate. A person who has qualified TET may also appear again for improving his/her score. 

(Source : http://www.ncte-india.org/RTE-TET-guidelines[1]%20(latest).pdf )

If it is ONLY ELIGIBILITY TEST then What is the purpose to IMPROVE SCORE OR RE APPEAR in EXAM, 
What is the Purpose of Marks,  What is the purpose of Weighatge.

This Question come in many candidates mind and creates confusion as well. Do they reappear in Exam OR NOT ?

If at some place weighatege of TET marks used in Selection (As it happens in Rajasthan 3rd Grade Teachers Recruitment ), And a candidate not reappear in exam to improve his /her score, then what happens.

TNTET : 202 candidates who cleared TET disqualified

TNTET : 202 candidates who cleared TET disqualified

CHENNAI: As many as 202 candidates who cleared the Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test cannot become school teachers after all. 

They were among the less than 1%, of around 6.7 lakh candidates, who cleared the test in July and were disqualified because they did not complete their bachelor degree or diploma in teacher education, a prerequisite for becoming a teacher in Tamil Nadu, said Surjit K Chaudhary, head of the Teachers Recruitment Board that conducts the test. The matter came to light during the verification of certificates of the 2,448 candidates who cleared the test. 

Thirty-seven candidates did not turn up for the verification. The state has set up a committee based on the directions of the Madras high court to allot posts for eligible candidates. Chaudhary said the committee would meet next week to discuss the issue. 

After the dismal failure of teacher aspirants in the TNTET, the state government decided to conduct a supplementary test on October 3. To enable candidates who will be passing out from teacher training institutes to attempt the test this year, the exam has been postponed to October 14. While candidates who sat for the first test in July need not pay to take the supplementary test in October, those applying fresh will have to pay for the test. 

Following complaints from candidates in July about not being able to complete the test within one-and-a-half hours, the state government has decided the test will now be three hours long



News Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com (23.9.12)
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Such case happens many times (can called exceptions ), Many times candidate appearing in B Ed and sometimes candidates are giving like it as a practice exam (Where on application form , Qualification required is mentioned)

TNTET : Mother of 2 teenagers tops state teachers eligibilty test

Mother of 2 teenagers tops state teachers eligibilty test

TNTET News :
Nagapattinam, Aug 25 (PTI) A 39-year old mother of two teenagers from Vedaranyam in the district has come out on top in the state in the Teachers Eligibility Test. P Chitra of Ayakkarankulam village near Vedaranyam secured 142 out of 150 marks in B.Ed category. She specialised in Science and Mathematics. She completed B.Sc in 1993 and after a 15 year gap joined B.Ed in 2008. Thereafter, she kept preparing for various competitive examinations, she told reporters. Her husband is a teacher at Kariyapattinam Government Higher Secondary School. Their elder daughter is pursing her B.E second year and the younger one is in 11th standard. "The hard work I had put in has paid off in a very big way," she said and attributed her success to the cooperation and encouragement of her husband and daughters. A total of 3.88 lakh candidates had taken the test on July 12, the results of which were declared today.
 PTI

TNTET : 1% of state teachers passed eligibility test

TNTET : 1% of state teachers passed eligibility test

Female Candidates Perform Better Than Male Candidates - 
Surprisingly of the total 2,448 teachers more women (1,680) qualified than their male counterparts (768)

TNTET RESULT ANALYSIS at Bottom of News

Tamilnadu Teacher Eligibility Test 2012 -

Teachers Recruitment Board  College Road, Chennai-600006

Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) – 2012

To See Result  Visit : - http://trb.tn.nic.in/TET2012/24082012/status.asp

Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligiblity Test 2012

Tentative Provisional List of Candidates Selected for TNTET 2012 - PAPER I : - See List of Candidates - http://trb.tn.nic.in/TET2012/24082012/P1RESULT.pdf

Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligiblity Test 2012

Tentative Provisional List of Candidates Selected for TNTET 2012 - PAPER II P : - See List of Candidates - http://trb.tn.nic.in/TET2012/24082012/P2RESULT.pdf

Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligiblity Test 2012

Communal Tentative Provisional List of Candidates Selected for TNTET 2012 - PAPER I P : - See List - http://trb.tn.nic.in/TET2012/24082012/P1CRESUL.pdf

Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligiblity Test 2012

Communal Tentative Provisional List of Candidates Selected for TNTET 2012 - PAPER II :- See List of candidates - http://trb.tn.nic.in/TET2012/24082012/P2CRESUL.pdf

CHENNAI: Raising concerns about the poor calibre of teachers in taking competitive tests, less than 1% of candidates who sat for the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test on July 12 passed. Candidates attributed the poor result to the lack of time to complete the exam.

"We were told to take extreme caution in colouring the bubbles in the OMR sheet," said Santhosh Raj, a middle school teacher. "This is the first time we are coming across this answer sheet. Just colouring our answer options took a lot of time," he said. Many said they could not find time to study with a full time job. Of the 6.67 lakh candidates, whose answer sheets were evaluated, only 2,448 passed



It was probably for the first time in decades that school teachers in the state were sitting for a competitive test. There was stiff resistance initially, particularly from those with just a couple of years to retire and from those who had registered with employment exchanges and were waiting for a job in a government school.

While more than half of the successful candidates were women, the toppers in each category were also women. Surjit K Chaudhary, chairman of the Teachers Recruitment Board, which conducted the test, said M Priya of Udumalpet topped Paper 1 with 122 out of 150 marks, while P Chitra of Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam topped Paper 2 with 142 of 150, topping the science with mathematics category. Arulvani of Cumbum district topped social studies with 125 of 150 marks.

The Right To Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act mandates that all teachers of Classes 1 to 8 and those aspiring to become teachers clear the test to ensure quality education for students.

The low pass percentage in the TET has forced the TRB to conduct a supplementary test on October 3, which will be declared a holiday for schools. The duration of the examination will be increased from one-and-a-half hour to three hours. The results are expected to be out before the end of October.


News Source : Times of India (26.8.12)
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TNTET : Many young teachers clear eligibility test

With less than 1 per cent of teachers in the state qualifying for the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) it has come to light that mostly teachers in the age group of 25 to 30 years had cleared the test. Interestingly, no graduate teacher who teaches Class VI to X has cleared the test in the Nilgiris district.

According to data provided by the Teacher Recruitment Board (TRB), of the 1,91,596 teachers who took the test, 1,016 qualified in the age group of 26 to 30 years (0.53 per cent) and 889 qualified in the age of group 25 and below (0.31 per cent).

A total of 121 Secondary Grade teachers from Salem district qualified followed by Dharmapuri with 116 and 99 from Vellore (all educationally backward districts).

Meanwhile Chennai recorded a pass percentage of 0.59 with just 69 out of 11,731 clearing the exam. Only four teachers from the Nilgiris district crossed the pass mark in this category.

The situation is different when it comes to graduate teachers. Seventy teachers passed the test (paper-II Maths and Science) from Cuddalore, 23 from Villupuram and 22 from Dharmapuri.

Here too all three districts are considered as educationally backward whereas the state capital, Chennai, recorded 0.07 per cent (12 out of 16,109).

Surprisingly of the total 2,448 teachers more women (1,680) qualified than their male counterparts (768).


News Source : Deccan Chronicle (29.8.12)
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Result is very very poor and only 1% candidate passed, while in CTET 4% (approx) candidates passed  this exam, And in UPTET 45% (approx ) candidates passed in examination.

Supplement exam is going to conduct as many teachers failed in exam. Young candidates shows performance and girls performs better. In both paper I and paper - II, Girls are topper in examination.

Databank of Teachers

Databank of Teachers

According to the Statistics of School Education (2009-10), the total number of teachers in the country from pre-primary to senior secondary is 67.23 lakh. To meet the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) norms specified under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Government has sanctioned 8.17 lakh additional teachers posts between 2010 and 2012 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 

The Government has taken several steps for preparing and providing quality teachers. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education for the XII Plan envisages establishment of District Institutes of Education and Training in all districts created upto March, 2011 and of Block Institutes of Teacher Education for expanding capacity of teacher preparation. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) grants recognition to institutions for starting programmes of teacher education. Several State Governments have also taken steps to expand teacher preparation capacity. In pursuance of the RTE Act, the NCTE has laid down the minimum teacher qualifications, including the requirement of passing the Teacher Eligibility Test as an essential qualification for being eligible for appointment as a teacher. Under the Sarva Shisksha Abhiyan, financial assistance is provided to the State Governments to enable the teachers of class I-VIII not possessing the minimum qualifications to acquire the same by 2015, and for training of in-service teachers for improving quality. 

This information was given by Dr. D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. 

MV/GK
(Release ID :86502)


Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86502 (Published on 22-August, 2012 )

TNTET : Afraid of flunking test, teachers seek grace marks

TNTET : Afraid of flunking test, teachers seek grace marks

CHENNAI: Candidates who took the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) have kicked up such a fuss about the exam being difficult that the state government plans to give 5-10% additional marks to those who fall short of the required 60%. 

Officials said a final decision would be taken after the TET evaluation is completed. 

About 6.5 lakh aspirants, many of whom are already teachers, appeared for the exam, held for the first time on July 12. There are 25,000 vacant teachers' posts in government schools in Tamil Nadu and only candidates who have cleared the TET, conducted by the Teachers Recruitment Board, qualify for these posts. 

Candidates employed in private or government schools will not be eligible to continue as teachers if they fail to clear the test within two years. 

Following the protests against the TET, the government has decided to conduct the test again in December to give a second chance to those who fail to make the cut.

News Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Afraid-of-flunking-test-teachers-seek-grace-marks/articleshow/15068908.cms / Times of India ( 21.7.12)

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From news, it seen candidates are afraid of their failure in exam and looking for grace marks.

It shows toughness in examination.

If employed teachers failed in exam and unable to clear in two years ( 2 years) then they will be job will be terminated and expelled from system.

It made a great fear in candidate's mind and they are looking for grace marks if they failed.

I also wrote on similar lines for UPTET 2011 candidates, that candidate can be selected through TET merit. But if government have any doubt on their efficiency then government can allow UPTET 2011 candidates (And for UP Teachers) to appear in next TET examinations, And if they failed two times in examination then necessary action can be taken to maintain quality in education system.

TNTET : Eligibility test a tough nut to crack, say upset teachers

TNTET : Eligibility test a tough nut to crack, say upset teachers

Several teachers who wrote the teacher eligibility test on Thursday expressed disappointment about the level of difficulty of mathematics questions asked.


About 6.5 lakh teachers and teacher aspirants took the test, the first time it is being conducted in Tamil Nadu as the Right to Education Act mandates such an eligibility test for teachers.


Many candidates complained that the question paper was too long, but officials said that it was probably because they were not used to optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets, which took them longer to mark the right answers.


“We were not able to answer most of the questions as it was very tough and time consuming. We felt mathematics to be too tough. We have to keep trying continuously until we clear the examination as it decides our fate,” said Lakshmi, a teacher.


Some elderly teachers faced difficulty in using the OMR sheets. “I’ve never seen an OMR sheet earlier. There was a photocopy of how it would look like and my son who is an engineer now and has attended several competitive examinations taught me how to shade it.


However, I did not expect it to take so much time to shade the bubbles,” said Mangai Senthuram, a 40-year-old teacher.


“If you want good quality teachers we need to have higher level of difficulty in questions. As this is the first time we are conducting this examination we have increased the difficulty level. With teachers feedback we will review the difficulty level,” sources in TRB said.

News Source : deccanchronicle.com (13.7.12)
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Level of TET exam is really tough everywhere, CTET pass percentage below 5%, Similarily in BETET and others.


This time Education sector is biggest to provide jobs. Approx 20 Lakh jobs are created to impement RTE.
In UP more 2 lakh jobs, In Bihar approx. 2 Lakh Jobs, West bengal approx. 1 lakh Jobs, In Rajasthan approx 1 lakh Jobs.