Assam to introduce Teachers' Eligibility Test

Assam government will introduce Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) for recruitment of teachers at all levels in schools from this year and rules for Right to Education will be enacted by next month.

The Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) has been made mandatory for all teachers in the state, both in government and private schools to ensure quality education. Now all new teacher in Assam will be appointed in govt. and private schools after pass Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) exam. All candidates have to take TET exam before joining of teacher. Only pass candidates in TET exam would be eligible for teacher in govt. and private school.

This is compulsory for private school also. If any private school appoint any teacher without TET pass then school’s affiliations from any board will be canceled. The old teachers of Govt. and private school do not need to pass TET exam for continue their job. They will be considered as TET pass candidate if they change their school.
The state government would appoint 31,000 teachers during the next few years and the TET would be held in the first week of October this year for selection of teachers in the two categories of Lower and Middle schools with the results being announced within seven days following which the appointment process would begin.
The state government would also set up a State Education Authority for academic monitoring to ensure quality control and also to check and regulate malpractices in private schools.