TNTET – Tamil Nadu State Teacher Eligibility Test, Eligibility, Exam Pattern

TNTET refers to Teachers eligibility test conducted by state of Tamil Nadu. As per the children’s right to free

and compulsory education, NCTE has laid down the norms and eligibility criteria for teaching in primary and secondary schools. Teacher eligibility test is one of the crucial parameters for all individuals aspiring to pursue their career in educational stream. Central government appointed authority or state government appointed authority can conduct TET. Teacher Recruitment Board (TRB) of Tamilnadu conducts Tamil Nadu teacher eligibility test.

TNTET 2013

TNTET will be conducted by TRB for candidates who wish to apply for position of teachers in schools ran by state government of Tamilnadu or by private managements. This test will be conducted in two sections. Paper 1 will be for those candidates, who wish to teach the pupils from first standard to fifth standard. Paper 2 will be for people who wish to teach students studying in standard sixth to standard eighth. Individuals who are open to teach in any class from standard one to standard eight should appear for both the papers. TET is a mandatory test for all aspirants in the educational field.

Important Dates

Examination date: Tentative date for examination for TNTET is July 2013

Eligibility Criteria

Educational qualification

Primary section: applicants interested in applying for position of primary teacher should have cleared their 10+2 examinations. It is crucial that they must have secured 50% marks in their 10+2 examination.

They should also possess a two year diploma in education (D.Ed)

Secondary Section: applicants interested in applying for position of secondary teacher should have cleared their graduation. They should possess a B.A, B.COM, B.Sc, B.Litt etc. It is crucial that they must have secured 50% marks in their final year examination.

They should also possess a one year degree in education (B.Ed)

Examination Pattern 

Primary Section: Candidates who are appearing for TNTET for primary section (Class 1 to 5)will have to appear for an objective based paper. This paper will be for 150 marks and has to be completed in one hour thirty minutes. This paper will be divided in 5 sections. All the five sections are compulsory. Each section has an equivalent score of 30 allotted to it. First section includes topics in child development and pedagogy, second section will include language one (English or Tamil) and third section will include language two (candidate’s choice), fourth section will include mathematics and fifth section will include social studies.Course will be related to primary school course content however, complexity of the topics may be slightly higher.

Secondary section: Candidates who are appearing for TNTET for secondary section (Class 6 to 8) will have to appear for an objective based paper. This paper will be for 150 marks.  This paper will be divided in 4 sections. First three sections will be compulsory and the forth section will be based on candidate’s specialization. First three sections have an equivalent score of 90 allotted to it (30 marks each). First section includes topics in child development and pedagogy, second section will include language one (English or Tamil) and third section will include language two (candidate’s choice), fourth section will include candidate’s specialization and will have weightage of 60 marks.