Sunday, November 20, 2011

50% Teachers Fail to Clear Eligibility Test

alf the aspiring teachers in the state have failed to qualify in the first Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET), the results of which were announced on Sunday.
The minister for secondary education, Mr K. Parthasarathy said that the next TET will be held in December.
The National Council for Teachers Education has made it mandatory for teachers to qualify in the TET to be eligible to start teaching in schools from this year.
The test was conducted at two levels. The pass percentage in level-I, for certificates to teach classes I to V, was 47. Out of 2,96,826 candidates who took the exam, 1,40,171 have qualified. In level-II to select candidates to teach classes VI to VIII, the pass percentage was 59 in Mathematics and Science papers, while it was 47 per cent in Social Studies paper.

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