Online applications are invited from eligible candidates who intend to be
teachers for classes I to VIII in schools in Telangana State for appearing for
the Telangana Teacher Eligibility Test (TS-TET-2022) to be conducted by
Department of School Education, Government of Telangana State on
12.06.2022 in all 33 Districts of the State.
In accordance with the provisions of Sub – Section (1) of Section 23 of the
Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009, the National Council for Teacher
Education (NCTE) had vide its Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 laid
down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment
as a teacher for classes 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 she / he should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which
will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the
Guidelines framed by the NCTE. Accordingly, Government of Telangana
State has issued guidelines for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test in
Telangana State vide G.Os cited in the reference above.
3. All candidates who possess D.El.Ed./D.Ed./ B.Ed. / Language Pandit or
equivalent qualifications and candidates pursuing final year of the said
courses with requisite percentage of marks obtained as given in the
Information Bulletin of TS-TET-2022 and who aspire to become teachers
for classes I to VIII in the schools of the State Government, Mandal
Parishad, Zilla Parishad Schools, Private Aided Schools and Private unaided
schools in Telangana State can appear for TS-TET-2022. However, the
candidates intending to seek employment as a teacher in private unaided
schools shall have the option of appearing at CTET conducted by Central
Government through CBSE, instead of TS-TET-2022, if they so desire. The
candidates who did not qualify in the TETs conducted earlier can also apply
for the TS-TET-2022. Further, the candidates who got qualified in the earlier
TETs can also apply for TS-TET-2022, if they desire improvement over their
previous TET score.
4. TS-TET-2022 will be conducted in 2 papers viz. Paper-I & Paper-II. The
candidates who intend to be teachers for classes I to V have to appear for
Paper-I and the candidates who intend to be teachers for classes VI to VIII
have to appear for Paper-II. The candidates who intend to be teachers for
all classes from I to VIII can appear for both papers, Paper-I and Paper-II.