TET appointment letters on May 20

TET appointment letters on May 20


GUWAHATI: Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced that the candidates who cleared the first-ever state-conducted Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) will be given their appointment letters on May 20 at Sarusajai Stadium.

Addressing a meeting, Sarma said, "There were around 28,213 posts vacant and we have selected 26,100 candidates. Some of the seats are still vacant as we could not find suitable candidates for these posts in the 6th schedule areas. However, these posts will soon be filled up."

Regarding the distribution of the appointment letters, the minister said that every candidate will have to bring their TET marksheet along with them on May 20 and only after showing the mark sheet, the appointment letter will be handed over to them. "If a candidate cannot be present on that day, he/she must inform us so that their appointment letter can be sent by post," Sarma said.

Around 18,257 candidates have been selected for lower primary, 2,120 candidates for upper primary to teach Math and Science and 5,732 candidates to teach Social Science. Sarma added that the selected candidates can see their names and the district they are to be posted at in the TET website on Wednesday evening.

A special orientation programme will be organized for the selected candidates from June 1 to 5 and during the programme, the candidates will be told about their place of posting.

Other than that, an academic inspector will also be appointed for every 15 schools, who will monitor the classes as well as the teachers' performances.

The minister also mentioned that a special diploma in elementary education (D.ED) course would be introduced for the selected candidates from next year itself and by 2015, all the teachers will have to enroll themselves for the course.

"The course has been approved by the National Teachers' Council and the course will be conducted by KK Handique Open University at distance learning mode. The course will be free of cost as the government will be investing Rs 20,000 on each candidate," he said


News : Times of India (17.5.12)

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Assam TET / ATET : Teachers’ Eligibility Test site disabled after list confusion

Assam TET / ATET : Teachers Eligibility Test site disabled after list confusion

GUWAHATI: The Teachers' Eligibility Test ( TET) has run into rough weather after the website containing the names of candidates was disabled following confusion in the list.

Now, the entire procedure would be manual. The final list will be out after Bihu.

Earlier, the final list was supposed to be out on March 31. Although the list would now be out on the same date, it will be considered as the second provisional list.

The provisional list of candidates was out on March 26.

On March 27 and 28, the candidates were supposed to fill up the names of the final district out of the three which they had put as options. But, the website being an automatic one, the moment a candidate cancels the two optional districts, the position of the candidates name gets updated automatically.

So, if a candidate chooses a wrong option and wants to correct it later, they cannot access their name in the list again. This system seemed confusing to most of the candidates. So, the committee decided to disable the website for the time being.

Explaining the situation, state education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said "The list changes each time a candidate cancels the optional districts. People said they were getting confused; therefore we decided to disable the website temporarily."

He added, "The website would now be a manual one, where candidates have to log in to check their names. They can lodge complaints till April 10. Other than that, the candidates would now have the option of going to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) office and lodge their complaint. They can also do so by registered post."

Though the deadline of the final list is supposed to be April 10, the minister said if it is seen that the complaint list of the candidates is long, then a few more days would be given and the list would be out after Bihu.

Bihu committees urge CM to ban liquor sale on four days of festival

Guwahati: Bihu celebration committees in the city have jointly urged chief minister Tarun Gogoi to declare the four days of Rongali Bihu, which begins on April 13, as dry days in the state.

The co-ordination committee, named Brihattor Guwahati Bihu Sanmilanee Samannay Rakhi Samiti met the chief minister and state cultural affairs minister Pranati Phukan on Wednesday and submitted their memorandum.

The newly floated co-ordination committee comprising 17 organizing committees said the city wants a nuisance-free Bihu celebration this year.

Expressing hope that the chief minister would consider the committees' request to ban sale of liquor across the state during the four days of Rongali Bihu, general secretary of the committee, Pranab Goswami on Thursday said, "Liquor is the prime cause of nuisances created by some sections during Rongali Bihu programmes.

These people create a chaos during Bihu functions after getting drunk."

He said the co-ordination committee will launch a campaign appealing to people to abjure tobacco-related products and liquor during Rongali Bihu. "We have also appealed to the chief minister to ensure that buses run by the Assam State Transport Corporation ply on city roads till 12 at night from April 13 to 16 so that people can return home from one part of the city to another after watching Bihu functions. Our co-ordination committee will also talk to the motor transport associations and urge them to run private buses till midnight," Goswami added.

In a memorandum submitted before chief minister Tarun Gogoi, the co-ordination committee also urged the Assam government to invite folk cultural groups from other parts of Assam and outside through its directorate of culture to perform during Bihu.

The committee further urged the government to stop trucks from plying inside Guwahati from 7 pm to 5 am for the convenience of the commuters and instruct the district administration and police to keep strict vigil during Bihu.


News : Times of India (30.3.12)

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Assam TET / ATET : TET provisional list on Monday

Assam TET / ATET : TET provisional list on Monday

 GUWAHATI, March 23 – The Assam government will publish the provisional list of candidates who have cleared the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) on the night of March 26 on its website. The final list will be declared on March 31.

To See Result, Please Visit : http://online.assam.gov.in/web/tet-2011-results

Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that the candidates in the provisional list who appeared in interview in three districts and passed in all three will have to intimate the government in which district he/she is going to join by March 27 and 28 through online submission.

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Assam Teacher Eligibility Test (ATET) - 2 held for selling TET ‘question

2 held for selling TET ‘question papers’

News About - Assam Teacher Eligibility Test (ATET)
GUWAHATI, Jan 9 – Two persons were arrested by the City Police for allegedly selling question papers of Teachers' Eligibility Test(TET) to be held tomorrow across the State.

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