Less than one per cent of the candidates who took the first-ever Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in July, managed to clear it. Before you jump to conclusions, the State government wants aspirants to take another shot at it to establish their credentials.
Over six lakh had attempted papers I and II of the TET, which was conducted by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB), the results for which were announced on Saturday. The pass score in each paper was 60 per cent.
Out of 2,83,806 candidates across the State who took TET Paper I, only 1,735 cleared it. That works out to just 0.61 per cent of aspirants making the cut. The performance in Paper II was worse, with a 0.19 per cent pass rate (713 out of 3,83,616 candidates). Only 83 candidates cleared both the papers together.
Addressing the media, TRB chairman Surjit K Chaudhary, said: “We will be conducting the exam again for those who attempted it in July. No new candidates will be allowed to apply nor are candidates required to apply afresh. The call letters will be sent out shortly to those who are eligible to write again.” The exam will be held on October 3, a working day; hence schools will remain closed on that day, he added.
The first TET conducted in the State was considered quite tough by those who wrote the exams. Their main concern was lack of time. To address these issues, the TRB has now doubled the time for the exams from one-and-a-half hours to three hours, said Surjit. An additional half hour would be given for visually challenged candidates.
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