KARTET suffers paper leak before exam day
KTET | Karnataka Teachers Eligibility Test - 2014 | Karnataka Teacher Eligibility Test
| Teacher Eligibility Test | TET
| Teacher Eligibility Test | TET
Karnataka Teachers' Eligibility Test (KARTET), the first of its kind that was held on June 21, Sunday, suffered allegations that the question paper got leaked reported a newspaper daily.
A 65-year-old retired teacher has been accused of the crime and was arrested in the city for "trying to sell" question papers, police said.
KARTET has been introduced to determine the eligibility of aspiring teachers. It was held in 694 centres across the state. Copies of both Paper-1 and Paper-2 were leaked, informed police sources.
The person accused of the leak allegedly managed to get the original question papers from the Koppal District treasury. To ensure that he would not lose out on money, Shivakumar invited some candidates to his house in Nandini Layout. He showed them the question papers, but did not hand them over.
As many as 13 people have been arrested in this connection. This includes candidates who were to write KARTET, but had accessed the leaked question papers.
KARTET is a mandatory qualifying test for those wishing to take up teaching positions in primary schools. As many as 3.77 lakh candidates were expected to appear for the test at 694 centres across the state.
The qualifying test applies to teaching positions in government, aided and private institutions. To obtain KARTET certificate, general category candidates have to secure a minimum of 60 per cent while candidates from the reserved category have to score a minimum of 55 per cent.
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