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Janvier

2022 (17 Pausa 1943)

No.

Puducherry

Friday

7th

January

2022

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION

(SECRETARIAT WING)

(G.O. MS. NO. 31, Puducherry, dated 04th January 2022)

ORDER

The Directorate of School Education vide this Secretariat’s G.O. Ms.

No. 76, dated 18-03-2015, had recognized only the Central Teacher Eligibility Test

(CTET) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), for the

purpose of appointment as Teacher in Class I to VIII in the Union territory of

Puducherry.

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2. Now, the Director of School Education has stated that the aspirants for

the post of Primary School Teacher/Trained Graduate Teacher are facing much

hardship in qualifying under CTET. Further, as most of the candidates have done

their schooling in their respective regional languages (Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam),

they find it very difficult to secure more marks in CTET conducted by CBSE,

wherein, the medium of question paper is bilingual only i.e., English/Hindi. Whereas,

in the TNTET, APTET and KTET conducted by the Governments of Tamil Nadu,

Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, respectively, the question paper is in their regional

language of the regions (Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam) encompassed by

the States concerned. Hence, aspirants hailing from Union territory of Puducherry

will have opportunities to secure more marks in Teacher Eligibility Tests (TNTET/

APTET/KTET), conducted by the Governments of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and

Kerala.

3. Further, the Director of School Education has stated that as per the

NCTE guidelines for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test issued by the NCTE, dated

11-02-2011, a person who scores 60% or more in the TET will be considered as

TET passed. However, the said guidelines provide ample power to the Government

for giving concessions to various reserved categories in accordance with the extant

reservation policy. The legal validity of such concessions has also been upheld

by the Court of Law. [Civil Appeal No. 10700 of 2016, arising out of SLP(C)

No. 29245/2014, V.Lavanya and others vs. State of Tamil Nadu].

4. The Director of School Education has further stated that the Government

of Andhra Pradesh which has converted the APTET as TET-cum-Teacher

Recruitment Test vide G.O. Ms. No. 38, dated 19-11-2014, has now issued revised

guidelines for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test vide G.O. Ms. No. 25, dated

04-05-2018 in supersession of the earlier guidelines. Therefore, the aspirants from

Yanam region may appear and get themselves qualified in APTET.

5. Having considered the above fact, the Council of Ministers reviewed

this Secretariat’s G.O. Ms. No. 76, dated 18-03-2015, in its meeting held on 14-10-2020

and decided to consider all the Teacher Eligibility Tests i.e., TNTET, APTET and

KTET conducted by the neighbouring State Governments, viz., Tamil Nadu, Andhra

Pradesh and Kerala, respectively and CTET conducted by the CBSE as valid for

appointment as Teacher in class I to VIII in the Union territory of Puducherry and

to withdraw this Secretariat’s G.O. Ms. No. 76, dated 18-03-2015, which recognized

only the CTET for the purpose of appointment as Teacher vide its Resolution No.

2020/M.53/361 of meeting held on 14-10-2020.

6. Therefore, the Director of School Education has submitted proposal to

recognize the Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by the Governments of Tamil Nadu

(TNTET), Kerala (KTET) and Andhra Pradesh (APTET) in addition to the Central

Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary

Education (CBSE) for the purpose of appointment as Teacher in class I to VIII in

the Union territory of Puducherry.

7. The Directorate of School Education has further suggested that to get rid

of practical difficulties experienced earlier in considering multiple TET’s with different

qualifying marks and to ensure uniformity all over the Union territory of Puducherry,

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it is also proposed to prescribe the uniform qualifying marks for various reserved

categories irrespective of the marks scored by the aspirants in TET (TNTET, APTET,

KTET and CTET) as follows:

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