MAHARASHTRA TET : Maharashtra’s poor teacher eligibility test planning stumps teachers

MAHARASHTRA TET : Maharashtra’s poor teacher eligibility test planning stumps teachers

PUNE: Teachers aspiring to appear for the state teacher eligibility test are in a fix as the state has scheduled the exam in November but has not yet prepared its syllabus.

On Sunday, the Maharashtra State Council of Examination announced that the state teacher eligibility test (TET) will be held in November this year. However, teachers said they were unaware about the syllabus for the entrance as the council had made no announcement about it yet. The council said the State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT) was responsible for framing the syllabus. The MSCERT, on the other hand, has said that teachers must refer to the syllabus put up on the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) website as the state specific syllabus is yet to be prepared.



In keeping with the guidelines of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the state proposed that TET to be made mandatory from the next academic year.

As per the RTE Act, each state should conduct TET to ensure good quality of teachers in schools. It also makes the TET score one of the essential qualifications for a candidate to be appointed as a teacher in Zilla Parishad, municipal schools as well as private institutions.

Teachers complained that although they had filled up application forms, they were still unaware of the syllabus for the examination. Shakuntala Bhosle, a primary teacher in a state board school in the city said, "I have applied for the entrance test along three more teachers from my school, but we still do not know what the syllabus is for the entrance test in terms of topics and subjects among other things."

Bhosle said the teachers were waiting for the state government to make some announcement on textbooks or study material they need to refer to for the test.

Kavita Yagnik, another teacher who will be appearing for the test said, "The state government has announced the examination schedule, but it will help candidates taking the exam if the syllabus is known. We are currently preparing on basis of the textbooks we teach."

Dilip Sahasrabuddhe, director, Maharashtra State Examination Council said, "We have only announced that the examination will take place in November, but no date has been announced still as we are waiting for MSCERT to announce the syllabus."

N K Jarag, director, MSCERT said, "The teachers who are taking the exam should refer to the reference material put up on the website of NCTE for now. The state specific syllabus for the entrance test is not ready."

News Source / Sabhaar : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (17.9.13)

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MHTET : TET IS MUST TO BECOME TEACHER IN MAHARASHTRA ALSO -

MHTET : TET IS MUST TO BECOME TEACHER IN MAHARASHTRA ALSO -

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Eligibility test must to be a teacher now

Hemali Chhapia, TNN Mar 17, 2013, 02.50AM IST

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MUMBAI: Cracking the diploma in education (DEd) or pursuing a bachelor's in education (BEd) will not be enough to be a teacher anymore. The state government has passed a resolution making it mandatory for every aspiring schoolteacher to clear a licentiate exam.

In a bid to better quality in schools, the state will hold the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to filter the best candidates. Public and private schools can recruit only those teachers who have cleared this exam.

Several states already have such a test in place and Maharashtra has passed this resolution keeping in mind the provisions laid down in the Right to Education Act.

"The TET is henceforth mandatory for those who want to join a school as a teacher," said additional chief secretary JS Saharia. "A good teacher makes all the difference. We have built enough schools. Now we ought to provide good quality schooling and a qualified teacher can bring excellence to the classroom," he said.

Eventually, every state will have to be holding its own TET. The test is aimed at bringing in national standards and benchmarking teacher quality in the recruitment process. It is meant to induce teacher education institutes, and students of these institutes, to further their performance standards.

In the TET, every candidate will be tested on child development, pedagogy and two languages. Knowledge of mathematics and environmental studies will be checked for those wanting to be posted in primary classes (till class V). In case of those wanting to teach senior students, they will also be tested on the subject they would like to teach.

The National Council for Teacher Education stipulates that a person who scores 60% or more in the TET will be considered as qualified.

Questions will be multiple choice with four alternatives; each question will carry a mark. There will be no negative marking. There will be two papers of the TET. Those intending to teach students in classes I to V need to sit only for Paper I. Paper II will be for the teachers of senior classes, VI to VIII. Candidates wanting to teach elementary and senior school need to take both papers.

Apart from the test, Maharashtra has also set minimum academic and professional qualifications for aspiring teachers. For primary schoolteachers, it will be mandatory to complete high school and DEd, apart from clearing the TET. For those wanting to join the senior school, candidates must complete their graduation and BEd as well as crack the TET

Soure : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-17/mumbai/37786607_1_tet-teacher-education-teacher-eligibility-test

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