Public Notice
In
accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the
RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) vide
Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 and 29th JULY, 2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for class I to VIII. It
had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications
for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the
schools referred to in Clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that
he/she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be
conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the
Guidelines framed by the NCTE.
The
rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person
to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under:
- It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process;
- It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards;
- It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board of Secondary Education Delhi. http://ctet.nic.in
