JTET : 65,439 candidates clear Teachers Eligibility Test for 18,000 govt school seats
Teachers Eligibility Test|shortage of teachers|Government schools
RANCHI: Shortage of teachers in government schools may not be a problem now as the number of Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualified people in Jharkhand is much higher than the posts vacant. The result of JharkhandTET was released by governor Syed Ahmed on Tuesday.
The examination was conducted on April 26 this year by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) to fill the 18,000 vacancies of assistant teachers in primary and secondary level government schools in the state. As many as 65,439 candidates qualified in the examination.
As many as 74,658 aspirants appeared for the post of assistant teachers in primary schools of which only 22,311 qualified. Of the qualified aspirants 17,564 were male and 4,747 female.
Of these 22,311 qualified candidates, 16.69% belong to general category, 8.12% scheduled cast (SC), 15.96% scheduled tribe (ST), 37.04% backward class (BC) and 22.19% most backward class (MBC).
Of these 22,311 qualified candidates, 3,724 belong to general category, 1,812 to the scheduled caste (SC), 3,563 to the scheduled tribe (ST), 8,266 to the backward class (BC) and 4,946 to the most backward class (MBC).
For the post of teacher in secondary school 97,401 appeared in the examination of which 43,128 qualified. Of them, 31,726 were male and 11,402 female. Among those selected candidates, 31.46% belong to general category, 6.29% SC, 13.25% ST, 30.65% BC and 18.35% MBC.
13,571 belong to the general category, 2,715 to SC, 5,710 to ST, 13,220 to BC and 7,912 to MBC.
JAC chairperson Anand Bhushan said, "Now we have sufficient teachers for the next five years and we can expect better results."
Once a candidate qualifies TET it is valid for five years and he can apply in any government or private school within the next five years. According to the rules, if the candidate fails to get a job in any school for the next five years he will have to again appear for TET.
The government will release a roster for the candidates for recruitment in government schools. An employee of HRD department said, "The teachers will be selected on the basis of their performance in the TET as well as in matriculation, intermediate and graduation."
News Source / Sabhaar : timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Times of India (29.5.2013)
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At most of the places, Formula adopted for recruitment of Teachers is -
Weightage of TET Marks + Weightage of Acadmic Qualification Marks ,
And it doesn't violate NCTE Guidelines
