TELANGANA STATE TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (TS-TET) – 2023
TS-TET Cell: O/o the Director, SCERT,
Opp. E.Gate, LB Stadium,Basheerbagh, Hyderabad
INFORMATION BULLETIN
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Candidates can apply only Online for TS-TET- 2023 to be held on Friday 15.09.2023, only through TS-TET website https://tstet.cgg.gov.in from 02.08.2023 to 16.08.2023
The candidate after satisfying herself/himself about the eligibility criteria for TS- TET shall pay a fee of Rs.400/-(Rupees Four hundred only) for appearing for a single paper (i.e., only Paper I or only paper II), or, for Both Papers (i.e., Paper
I and Paper II).
At the time of Online Payment, the candidate has to give the required preliminary data (i.e. Name of the candidate, Date of Birth, whether the candidate belongs to Telangana State, mobile phone number etc.,). On receipt of online fee payment, the candidate shall be issued a ‘Journal Number’ with which she/he can proceed with submission of application online.
Candidate should be ready with photograph of size 4.5X3.5cms before filling in the Online application
.
Paste the photograph on a white paper and sign below (sign in Black Ink only).Look for the sample at point 18(iii), of the Information Bulletin. Ensure
that the signature is within the box. Scan the required size containing the photograph and signature. Please do not scan the complete page. The entire image consisting of photo along with signature, is required to be scanned and stored in *.jpeg format on local machine. Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the image is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as dpi resolutions, number of colors during the process of scanning.
SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION
The Schedule of TS-TET- 2023 is given below:
Date of
Examination
Paper Timings Duration of
Examination
Paper 1:
15.09.2023 I 9.30 A.M. to 12.00Noon. 2 ½ hours
Paper 2:
15.09.2023 II 2.30 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. 2 ½ hours
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR TS-TET PAPER-I (CLASSES I TO V):
(i) Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks. However in case of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%. AND pass in 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education / 4-year
Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) / 2 - year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
OR
(ii) Intermediate / Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with atleast 45% marks. In respect of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 40%. AND pass in 2 - year Diploma in Elementary Education / 4-year Bachelor
of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) / 2 - year Diploma in Education (Special Education) in case of the candidates who have passed or admitted to D.El.Ed / D.Ed., course prior to issue of these guidelines ( 23-12-2015).
OR
(iii)Graduation with at least 50% marks, however in case of SC / ST / BC / Differently Abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45% AND pass in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) / Bachelor of Education (Special Education)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR TS-TET PAPER - II (CLASSES VI TO VIII):
(i) B.A./B.Sc./B.Com., with at least 50% marks. In case of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%. AND pass in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course / Bachelor of Education (B.Ed -Special Education).
OR
(ii) B.A./B.Sc./B.Com., with at least 50% marks. In respect of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 40%. AND pass in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course / Bachelor of Education (B.Ed -Special Education) in case of
the candidates who have passed or admitted to B.Ed., course prior to issue of these guidelines (23-12-2015).
OR
(iii) 4-year B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed., with at least 50% marks, in case of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%.
OR
(iv) Graduation with language concerned as one of the optional subjects OR Bachelor of oriental language (or its equivalent) OR Graduation in literature OR Post Graduation in language concerned AND Language Pandit Training Certificate/B.Ed with language concerned as one of the Methodologies, in respect of Language Teachers.
OR
(v) B.E/B.Tech with at least 50% marks and Passed / Pursuing Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) or B.Ed. (Special Education). In respect of SC/ST/BC/Differently abled candidates, the minimum marks shall be 45%.
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF TS-TET:
The structure and content of the TS-TET is given in the following paragraphs. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each carrying one mark, with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. There will be no negative
marking.
There will be two papers of the TS-TET, Paper-I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for Classes I to V, Paper-II will be for a person who
intends to be a teacher for Classes VI to VIII. A person who intends to be a teacher either for classes I to V or for classes VI to VIII shall have to appear for both papers (Paper I and Paper II).
(a) Paper- I:
No. of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) – 150 Duration of Examination: 2 hours and 30 minutes: Structure and Content (All Compulsory)
Paper 2:
Note (4): For Paper II Mathematics & Science sectors, questions will be as follows:
(i) Mathematics - 30 MCQs (Content 24; Pedagogy 06)
(ii) Science - 30 MCQs (Content 24; Pedagogy 06)
a) Content - Physical Science - 12MCQs
b) Content - Biological Science - 12MCQs
c) Science Pedagogy – 06MCQs.
Note (5): For Paper II Social Studies, the syllabus will cover the sectors/areas namely, History, Geography, Civics and Economics. Out of 60 marks, 48 will be on content and the remaining 12 on Pedagogy.
Note (6): For Paper II, the syllabi for TS-TET of Mathematics & Sciences, Social Studies are based on topics of Classes VI to VIII. The difficulty standard of questions as well as their linkages could be up to Senior Secondary Level (12th class).
EXEMPTION FROM PASSING TET:
Teachers who were appointed before NCTE notification dt: 23.08.2010 by competent authority in Govt. /Local Authority as per Recruitment Rules prevalent at that time are exempted from appearing TET. However, Teachers working in private schools whose appointments were not approved by competent authority in Government are not exempted from passing TET. Such teachers of private unaided schools shall appear for.TET conducted by either State Government or Central Government. In respect of non approved teachers working in private aided schools, they shall invariably appear for TET conducted by State Government only.
Examination Centers for TS-TET-2023:
TS-TET shall be conducted in all the 33 Districts of the State. Candidate can choose any Examination Centre (District) of his choice. However, when the capacity of any particular Examination Centre (District) gets exhausted, that particular Examination Centre (District) will not be displayed in the list of examination centers given in the online application form. In such case, the candidate has to choose the Examination
Centre (District) of his/her choice from the remaining list available.
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