TAMILNADU TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (TNTET) 2019

TAMILNADU TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (TNTET) – 2019

  Applications are invited only through online mode for Teacher Eligibility Test, Paper I and Paper II for the year 2019 from the eligible candidates in Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has vide Notifications dated 23rd August 2010, 29th July 2011 and 28th June 2018 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that he / she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the guidelines framed by the NCTE. 

Minimum Qualifications to write TNTET Paper-I (for classes I-V)

 Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). 

Or

 Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known) in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations, 2002. 

Or 

 Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.). 

Or 

Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education). 

Or 

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). 

Or 

Graduation with atleast 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.,). Note:-  The candidates who have passed D.T.Ed., /D.Ele.Ed., from States other than Tamil Nadu should submit evaluation certificate for such qualifications. 

Minimum Qualifications to write TNTET Paper-II (for classes VI-VIII)

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known). 

Or 

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.). 

Or 

Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final year of Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations. 

Or 

Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.).

Or 

Higher Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of 4-year B.A/B.Sc. Ed or B.A. Ed./B.Sc. Ed. 

Or 

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final year of B.Ed. (Special Education). 

Or 

Any candidate having qualified B.Ed. programme, recognized by the NCTE is eligible to appear in TET. erified. It does not vest any right to appointment of the candidate after passing the examination.

Procedure to Apply: 

a) Candidates should apply only through online mode in the TRB website http://www.trb.tn.nic.in 

b) Use separate application for Paper-I and Paper-II. 

c) Candidates should ensure that they have their scanned recent color passport size photograph (JPG/JPEG /PNG format of size 20-60 kB) and signature (JPG/JPEG/PNG format of size 10-30 kB) separately. The online application uploaded without the photograph and signature will be rejected. 

d) A valid e-mail id and Mobile Number are mandatory for registration and e-mail id should be kept active till the declaration of results. 

e) All the particulars mentioned in the online application including name of the candidate, paper applied, communal category, date of birth, address and all other fields will be considered as final. Candidates are requested to fill the online application form with utmost care and caution as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained. Incomplete or defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation or correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under any circumstances.

f) The online application can be submitted up to 05.04.2019 till 05.00 PM after which the link gets disabled. 

Examination Fees: 

The Examination fee is Rs. 500/- for all the candidates except SC, SCA, ST and Person with Disability. For SC, SCA, ST and Person with Disability Candidates, the examination fee is Rs. 250/-. Since the examination fee is different for various categories, candidates are advised to enter the correct Community / Person with Disability category. Once the payment is made, it will not be refunded. 

Online payment to be made only through Payment Gateway. (Net banking/Credit Card / Debit Card) 

Offline mode of payment in any form such as Demand Draft / Postal order etc. will not be accepted. 

The candidates, who want to appear for both Paper-I and Paper-II, should pay separately for both.  

Written Examination: 

The date, time and center for the Written Examination will be indicated in the Hall Ticket. The Hall Tickets for the eligible candidates will be uploaded by the TRB in its official website. The candidates are advised to - 9 - refer the TRB website for details (http://www.trb.tn.nic.in). No written communication will be sent to the candidate. The decision of the Teachers Recruitment Board on the eligibility of the candidate to appear for the examination will be final. 

General Information: 

a) Candidates who have secured 60% and above in the TNTET (Paper-I/ Paper-II) Examination will be issued with TNTET (Paper-I/ Paper-II) Pass Certificate. However relaxation of 5% marks will be given to BC, BC(M), MBC/DNC, SC, SC(A), ST and Person with Disability Candidates. 

b) TET Certificate will be valid for 7 (seven) years. 

c) Mere holding of a TET certificate does not confer any right to appointment as it is only one of the eligibility criteria for appointment. 

 Important Dates: 

Date of Notification :                                                      28.02.2019 

Commencement of submission of online Application : 15.03.2019 

Last date for submission of online Application :           05.04.2019 

Date of Written Examination – Paper I : Will be announced later 

Date of Written Examination – Paper II : Will be announced later 


important links:

TRB Official Website Career Page	Click Here
TRB Official Notification PDF	Click Here
TRB Online Application Form	Click Here