Goa’s 1st teacher eligibility test to be held next year - GOA TET
Updated: Oct 27, 2016, 10:15 IST
PANAJI: Goa is preparing to conduct the state's first Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in 2017, as required by the Right to Education Act, 2009. Between 500 and 800 graduates from DEd and BEd institutes across Goa are expected to appear for the test, who on qualifying will be issued certification.
The state government will eventually make the TET certification mandatory for appointment of teachers to teach in Classes from I to VIII. Head of the state council for educational research and training (SCERT) Nagraj Honnekeri said that the candidates will be tested for their proficiency in subjects like child psychology, which are already part of the teacher training curriculum. Besides this, the teachers will be tested based on their general knowledge as well
The state is yet to decide the dates for the TET. Goa was supposed to conduct the test during the current academic year 2016-17, but it has been delayed due to the upcoming state assembly elections, officials said.
Goa is among the small minority of states and union territories that have not held the TET for the appointment of school teachers.
The TET is expected to bring national standards and set a benchmark for teacher quality in the recruitment process and is meant to motivate teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards.
According to central government norms, the state government will have to conduct the TET at least once a year and the certification will be valid for a minimum of seven years. There will be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take the TET. A person who has qualified TET may also appear again for improving his/her score.
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Updated: Oct 27, 2016, 10:15 IST
PANAJI: Goa is preparing to conduct the state's first Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in 2017, as required by the Right to Education Act, 2009. Between 500 and 800 graduates from DEd and BEd institutes across Goa are expected to appear for the test, who on qualifying will be issued certification.
The state government will eventually make the TET certification mandatory for appointment of teachers to teach in Classes from I to VIII. Head of the state council for educational research and training (SCERT) Nagraj Honnekeri said that the candidates will be tested for their proficiency in subjects like child psychology, which are already part of the teacher training curriculum. Besides this, the teachers will be tested based on their general knowledge as well
The state is yet to decide the dates for the TET. Goa was supposed to conduct the test during the current academic year 2016-17, but it has been delayed due to the upcoming state assembly elections, officials said.
Goa is among the small minority of states and union territories that have not held the TET for the appointment of school teachers.
The TET is expected to bring national standards and set a benchmark for teacher quality in the recruitment process and is meant to motivate teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards.
According to central government norms, the state government will have to conduct the TET at least once a year and the certification will be valid for a minimum of seven years. There will be no restriction on the number of attempts a person can take the TET. A person who has qualified TET may also appear again for improving his/her score.
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