Just 867 out of total 5.42 lakhs clear TET
Posted on: 23/Aug/2019 10:09:49 AM
On 8th and 9th June 2019, as many as 5.42 lakhs candidates wrote TET or teacher eligibility test. It is revealed that just 867 out of a total of 5.42 lakhs have cleared TET. The pass percentage is 0.16% now.
On Wednesday, 21ST August, TRB or Teacher Recruitment Board announced the results of paper 2 that makes successful candidates eligible to teach classes 6 to 8. Point is just 316 of 3.79 lakh candidates or less than 1% cleared it. Those candidates who have cleared paper 1 would be eligible to teach classes 1 to 5. It is now said that the results of paper 1 was marginally better as 551 candidates (410 women and 141 men) cleared it.
A headmaster expressed his thoughts and said that the poor performance of the candidates was not a surprise. He added that it reflected the poor standards of B.Ed colleges. He concluded that the question paper was tough but it had questions from the class 6 to 12 text books and putting blame on the question paper alone was not right.
The Mathematics question paper was tough and lengthy in 2019 is known. It was pointed out by some sources that candidates found psychology part very tough. The point is qualifying marks were very high and the psychology part had 30 marks. Only those candidates who give atleast 50 % correct answers in psychology alone could clear the exam. It must be taken into account that the weightage marks system under which the candidates were recruited based on their academic and TET performances was scrapped by the state government
The school education department would conduct a separate test to recruit secondary grade and graduate teachers and this was said in a GO. It is surprising to mention that there are 60,000 TET qualified candidates in TN who don�t have permanent jobs.
It was later mentioned by the sources that once when the school education department gives orders to recruit teachers then notification would be issued to recruit secondary grade and graduate teachers. There were 2000 excess graduate teachers and 4000 excess secondary graduate teachers In TN due to declining student strength.
