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Go.91 New Guidelines to Conduct AP Teacher Eligibility Test (AP-TET) as CBT

AP-TET Notification, Guidelines, Syllabus, Exam Pattern

AP-TET revised guidelines has been issued to conduct Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test. The test will be conducted twice in a year. National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), New Delhi has laid down minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a Teacher for Classes I to VIII. AP Govt. is planning to conduct TET as Computer Based Test(CBT). The following instructions have been issued to conduct TET as Computer Based Test(CBT). The complete Go.91 Dt:11/12/2017 conducting TET based on CBT is as follows.

Go.91 New Guidelines to Conduct AP Teacher Eligibility Test (AP-TET) as CBT, AP-TET Notification, Guidelines, Syllabus, Exam Pattern

Eligibility Criteria for AP-TET

The candidates at the time of applying for AP-TET should be in possession of the following minimum qualifications prescribed for category of I to V classes (Paper- I) and VI to VIII classes (Paper - II) separately.

Required Qualifications AP - TET PAPER - I (Classes I TO V)

a) Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks. However in case of SC/ ST/ BC/ Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%. AND pass in 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education / 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) / 2 - year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
(OR)
b) Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks. In respect of SC/ ST/ BC/ Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 40%. AND pass in 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education / 4-year Bachelor of Elementary Education.
(B.El.Ed.) / 2 - year Diploma in Education (Special Education) in case of the candidates, who have passed or admitted to D.El.Ed / D.Ed., course prior to issue of these guidelines.

Required Qualification for AP-TET PAPER - II (CLASSES VI TO VIII)

a) B.A./B.Sc./B.Com., with at least 50% marks. In case of SC/ST/BC/Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%. AND pass in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course / Bachelor of Education (B.Ed -Special Education).
(OR)
b) B.A./B.Sc./B.Com., with at least 50% marks. In respect of SC/ ST/ BC/ Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 40%. AND pass in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course / Bachelor of Education (B.Ed -Special Education) in case of the candidates, who have passed or admitted to B.Ed., course prior to issue of these guidelines.
(OR)
c) 4-year B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed., with at least 50% marks, in case of SC/ ST/ BC/ Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%.
(OR)
d) Graduation with Language concerned as one of the Optional Subjects (OR) Bachelor of Oriental Language (or its equivalent) (OR) Graduation in Literature
(OR)
Post Graduation in Language concerned AND Language Pandit Training Certificate/ B.Ed with Language concerned as one of the Methodologies, in respect of Language Teachers.

Structure and Content of AP-TET

The structure and content of the TET is given in the following paragraphs. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each carrying One Mark, with four alternatives out of which One Answer will be correct. There will be no Negative Marking.

There will be Two Papers for the TET Paper-I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for Classes I to V, Paper-II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for Classes VI to VIII. A person who intends to be a Teacher either for Classes I to V or for Classes VI to VIII shall have to appear in both Papers (Paper I and Paper II).

(b) Paper II:

No. of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)– 150:
Duration of Examination: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Structure and Content

i)   Child Development and Pedagogy                                         30 MCQs                         30 Marks
ii)  Language I                                                                 30 MCQs                         30 Marks
                 iii) Language II (English)                                                 30 MCQs         30 Marks
iv) (a) For Mathematics & Science Teachers:
Mathematics and Science                                        60 MCQs                         60 Marks
(b) For Social Studies Teacher                                  60 MCQs                         60 Marks
(c)  For any other Teacher – Either (iv)(a) or (iv)(b)
TOTAL                                                              150 MCQs                        150 Marks

MEDIUM OF QUESTION PAPER:

The Question Paper shall be bilingual (i.e). English followed by the Language-I chosen by the candidates for all Languages except Sanskrit. For the candidates choosing Sanskrit, the questions shall be in Telugu followed by Sanskrit (Devanagari Script).

QUALIFYING MARKS IN TET, ISSUE OF MEMOs/ CERTIFICATES AND THEIR VALIDITY:

(a) The qualifying marks for different categories are as shown below:

  1. General - 60% and above
  2. BC - 50% and above
  3. SC / ST / Differently abled & Ex-Servicemen - 40% and above

APPLICABILITY:

The AP- TET shall apply to all the Schools referred to in Clause(n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act. However, a School referred to in Sub-Clause(iv) of Clause(n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act, may exercise the option of considering either the TET conducted by the Central Government or the AP-TET.

WEIGHTAGE OF TET SCORES IN THE TEACHER RECRUITMENT OF THE STATE:

A 20% Weightage to TET scores shall be provided in the Teacher Recruitment of the State Government, balance 80% weightage will be for Written Test in Teacher Recruitment Test (TRT) based on which selection lists shall be prepared.

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

EXEMPTION FROM PASSING TET:

Teachers who were appointed before NCTE notification dt:23.08.2010 by the Competent Authority in Govt./ Local Authority as per Recruitment Rules prevalent at that time are exempted from appearing for TET. However, Teachers working in Private Schools whose appointments were not approved by the Competent Authority are not exempted from passing TET. Such Teachers of Private Unaided Schools shall appear for TET conducted by either the State Government or Central Government. In respect of non approved Teachers working in Private Aided Schools, they shall invariably appear for TET conducted by the State Government only.

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