AGARTALA, Dec 20 (TIWN): The stage is all set to conduct the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) examination on Monday, the first of its kind in Left ruled Tripura the examination mandated by the National Council for Teachers (NCTE).

The examination will be conducted in eight different centres of the eight different district of the state.

The Teachers’ Recruitment Board Tripura (TRBT) being constituted by the government of Tripura prepares to conduct the much awaited Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) in the state. 

The board will function as per the formalities laid down by the central regulating authorities. Tripura TET is for the candidates aspiring to become teachers in primary (class I -V) and upper primary (VI-VIII) schools in the state of Tripura.

TET is a compulsory examination for all the B.Ed. qualified candidates to be considered for teacher jobs in schools run by the government and private managements. Candidates may be facilitated to apply online for this examination.

The candidates have to answer the OMR sheets which would be provided by the board for the maximum of 2 and half hours being permitted in the examination and in addition to that one has to secure at least 60 per cent marks to pass the TET examination i.e. 90 marks out of the total of 150 marks.

However, after conducting the TET-I and TET II, teacher’s recruitment board will prepare a roll of list.

It is to be mentioned here that a total of altogether 3000 vacant post of graduate teacher are lying idle and though the TET examination there will be fresh recruitment.  It is for the first time that the state government is going to appoint teachers by conducting TET examination which is a mandatory provision of Right to education Act.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Process has already begun exercise to conduct the TET. The examination would be on two-hundred marks and would be multiple choice questions.

A candidate could appear TET for three times. After conducting the TET, the Teachers’ Recruitment Board (TRB) would publish merit list and send the copy to the government for filling up posts of teacher, the minister informed. 

At present altogether 6000 posts from Under-Graduate to Post-Graduate teachers are lying vacant in the department; the number of vacant posts could be increased at the time of the TET.