The RTE Act 2009 directs the State to ensure the quality requirement for recruitment of teachers. The persons recruited as teachers should possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the Challenges of teaching at all levels of schooling. TET is an examination to assess the quality of teacher candidates for Lower Primary, Upper Primary and High School Classes in Kerala.
Separate test will be conducted to select teachers for Category I (Lower Primary Classes) Category II (Upper Primary Classes) Category III (High School Classes) and Category IV (for Language Teachers – Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu (up to UP classes), Specialist Teachers (Art & Crafts) and Physical Education Teachers.
The conduct of the examination is entrusted with Pareeksha Bhavan, Kerala. Candidates are strictly advises to go through the prospectus attached along with this notification before submitting the application form. Qualifications for applying for each category are given in detail in the Prospectus.
The Exam fee is Rs.500/-(Rupees Five Hundred only) for each category. Fee for SC/ST and differently abled categories is Rs.250/- (Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty only)
Applications should be submitted to Pareeksha Bhavan only through online. Printout of the application, chalan and copies of the certificates need not be sent to Pareeksha Bhavan. The candidate should take a printout of the application before confirming and verify the details given in the online application. Corrections if any required should be made before confirming the application. No correction of Name, Category and subject chosen will be allowed after confirmation of the application. The Procedure for sending application and remitting fee is given in detail in the Prospectus. Candidates can choose the Educational district for the examination while filling the application.
The centre of examination will be allotted by Pareeksha Bhavan in the admit card.
The implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 requires the recruitment of a large number of qualified teachers across the country in a time bound manner.
It also directs the State to ensure that quality requirement for recruitment of teachers is not diluted at any cost. It is therefore necessary to ensure that persons recruited as teachers possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at all levels of schooling.
In accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) vide Notification dated 23rd August 2010, had laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. The Government of Kerala has decided to extent the TET up to class X teachers.
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 she/he should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the guidelines framed by NCTE.
Accordingly, Government of Kerala has issued orders for the conduct of Teacher Eligibility Test in Kerala - vide G.O (P) No. 70/12/G.Edn, dated: 01.03.2012 and G.O (Ms) No.205/ 12/ G.Edn.dated: 25.06.2012.
Teacher Eligibility Test conducted in the State will hereafter be known as Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET).
The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under.
It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process;
It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to improve their performance and standards.
It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality.
Qualifying in the Teacher Eligibility Test is mandatory to ensure that persons recruited as teachers possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at all levels.
A person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools approved by the Department of General Education, Government of Kerala has to qualify the ‘Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test’ (K-TET).
This test will be conducted by Pareeksha Bhavan, Kerala in accordance with the guidelines published by State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Kerala and such other Rules/Regulations/Instructions/Policies laid down by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)/Department of General Education/ Government of Kerala.
In accordance with the provisions made in the Service Rules of various categories of teaching staff in the State of Kerala, RTE Act 2009 and guidelines framed by the NCTE, K-TET shall apply to –
Schools of the State Government/ Local authority referred to in the Service Rules and also sub-clause(i) of clause (n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act 2009 and
Schools referred to in sub clause (ii) of clause (n) of the RTE Act in Kerala.
A school belonging to specified category; and
Provided a school referred to in sub-clause (iv) of clause (n) of Section 2 of the RTE Act may, for the purpose of Elementary levels, exercise the option of considering either this K-TET or the TET conducted by the Central Government. In Kerala, K-TET is applicable up to HS level.
The tests will be for four categories - Category I, Category II , Category III & Category IV. All individuals, who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated for each category, are eligible to appear the tests.
The test is for:
Those who intends to be a teacher for Lower Primary classes and fulfills the minimum educational qualification (Category I)
Those who intends to be a teacher for Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualification (Category II)
Those who intends to be a teacher for High School classes and fulfils the minimum qualification (Category III)
Those who intends to be a language teacher up to Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualification. For Specialist teachers and Physical Education teachers, K-TET is applicable up to High School level (Category IV).
However, a person who intends to be qualified in more than one category (Lower Primary classes, Upper Primary classes, High school classes and Language teachers in Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, (up to UP Level), Specialist teachers and Physical Education teachers) and possess the minimum qualifications for the respective categories, can specify this in the same application form (online) and appear for the examinations meant for these categories.
CATEGORY-I (for Lower Primary classes)
Minimum Qualifications to apply
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and two year Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent. OR
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and 2-year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known), in accordance with NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002. OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 2 year Diploma in Education (Special Education).
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET – I
Relaxation of 5% in qualifying marks is admissible for candidates belonging to SC/ST and Differently abled categories. (as per the norms or as desired by the Govt.of Kerala) and relaxation of 3% in qualifying marks is admissible for OBC & OEC candidates.
CATEGORY II: (for Upper Primary classes)
Minimum Qualifications to apply
B.A/B.Sc./B.Com. and 2 year Diploma in Elementary Education/Trained Teachers’ Certificate (TTC) [by whatever name known] conducted by Board of Examination, Govt. of Kerala or its equivalent. OR
B.A/B.Sc/B.Com with at least 45% marks and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.), in accordance with NCTE (Recognition, Norms and Procedure) regulations issued from time to time in this regard. OR
Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) OR
Higher Secondary/ Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 4 year B.A / B.Sc.Ed or B.A. Ed or B.Sc.Ed.
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET – II
Relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and Differently abled categories. A relaxation of 3% in the minimum qualifying marks is admissible for OBC & OEC candidates.
CATEGORY III (for High School classes)
Those who possess minimum educational qualifications as delineated here under areeligible to appear for K-TET III. The test is for HSAs in: (i) Malayalam (ii) English (iii) Hindi (iv) Sanskrit (v) Tamil (vi) Kannada (vii) Arabic (viii) Urdu (ix) Social Science (x) Physical Science (xi) Natural Science and (xii) Mathematics
Minimum qualification to apply
BA/BSc/B.Com with at least 45% marks and a B.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned (from any one of the Universities in Kerala or have acquired these qualifications from any other Universities recognized as equivalent thereto.)
For Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, those who have MSc.Ed. Degree in the subject concerned with not less than 50% marks from one of the Regional Institutes of Education sponsored by NCERT will be eligible to apply. For Botany and Zoology subjects, those with MSc.Ed. Degree in Life Science with not less than 50% marks from any of the Regional Institutes of Education are eligible to apply.
NOTE:
Candidates, who have acquired Diploma/Degree in teaching in any subject and are approved by Universities/NCTE/Board of Examinations/Govt. of Kerala, are eligible to apply for K-TET III. They will have to produce the equivalency certificate as recognized by any of the Universities in Kerala/Government of Kerala.
Candidates who have acquired their qualifications through recognized correspondence courses/ Open universities should obtain and furnish certificates of recognition and equivalency from any one of the Universities in Kerala.
For considering the minimum qualifications, the marks for main and subsidiary papers only will be considered.
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET – III
Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently abled categories shall be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the minimum qualifying marks. Relaxation of 3% in the qualifying marks is admissible to OBC & OEC candidates to appear for the K-TET III.
CATEGORY- IV
For Language teachers in Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu (up to Upper Primary level), Specialist teachers and Physical Education teachers (up to High School level)
For teachers of Art Education and Craft Education, the existing, eligibility norms prescribed by the State Government shall be applicable till the time when NCTE lays down the minimum qualification.
This test will be for the category of candidates who intends to be a language teacher up to Upper Primary classes and fulfills the minimum qualifications (For specialist teachers & Physical Education teachers, the Eligibility Test is applicable up to High School level).
Minimum Qualifications to apply
Those who have acquired qualifications for the posts of Language Teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit & Urdu (up to Upper Primary level), Specialist teachers & Physical Education teachers as mentioned in Chapter XXXI of KERALA EDUCATION ACT AND RULES are eligible to apply for K-TET IV.
Relaxation of qualifying marks to apply for K-TET – IV
Candidates belonging to SC/ST and differently abled categories will be granted a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying marks prescribed for the eligibility to appear for the K-TET-IV.
The minimum requirement of a pass in second class for the qualifying examination shall not be applicable in such cases.
Candidates belonging to OBC & OEC categories will be granted a relaxation of 3% marks in the qualifying marks prescribed for the eligibility to appear for K-TET IV
AGE LIMIT There is no age limit prescribed for candidates appearing for K-TET.
The date, time, duration and other details will be published in the Notification for K-TET 2015 issued by Pareeksha Bhavan.
Details given in the Prospectus are subject to change / modification which will be published in the print and electronic media. Candidates can have a watch on the website of Pareeksha Bhavan www.keralapareekshabhavan.in for such changes.
LANGUAGE, MEDIUM OF QUESTION PAPERS
Questions for Category I, II and IV (except for languages) will be bilingual i.e. both in Malayalam and English. Question for Category III will only be in English (except for languages).
The Prospectus, Notification, Application form and Chalan for fee remittance can be downloaded from the websites of Pareeksha Bhavan ‘www.keralapareekshabhavan.in’
Application should be submitted only through online. Print out of the confirmed application should be kept with the candidate.Procedure for applying for K-TET
There are two steps for submitting the application.
Log on to the official website of Pareekshabhavan. Click on K-TET 2015. Click on K-TET ONLINE APPLICATION – STEP 1. Fill in the required details. Photo should be uploaded in JPEG format and size below 30 KB. Choose any of the available branches of State Bank of Travancore in and around various places in India. After filling all the details click ‘SUBMIT’. Three copies of the chalan will be displayed. Take the printout of the chalan and remit the amount in the selected branch of SBT.
After remitting the amount, log on to the official website of Pareekshabhavan again and click on K-TET ONLINE APPLICATION – STEP 2. Here enter application ID and application number provided in the chalan. Any correction in caste, category of caste and exam category will not be allowed after remitting chalan amount. Other corrections if any required should be made before confirming the application. A copy of printout of the application should be kept by the candidate for future use.
Print out of the chalan, application form and copy of the certificates need not be sent to Pareekshabhavan.
The Admit Card for all eligible candidates will be available in the website of Pareeksha Bhavan from the date which will be announced later through notification in print and electronic media and in the website of Pareeksha Bhavan.
No candidate will be admitted to the examination centre unless he/she produces the valid Admit Card.
Duplicate Admit Card (Hall Ticket) to the pass Candidate whose hall ticket is irrecoverably lost will be issued by the Pareekshabhavan at the cost of Rs.100/- (Rs.One hundred only). The amount can be remitted as fee to the Head of Account 0202-01-102-92 other receipts.
Candidates should be present at the examination centre, as allotted in the admission card, at least 30 minutes before the commencement of the examination.
Candidates should not bring any other paper except the Admit Card to the examination hall.
Candidates found attempting any unfair means shall stand disqualified, besides other punitive measures.
No candidate shall be permitted to leave the examination hall before the time fixed for the examination.
Use of calculating devices is not allowed.
Candidates must affix their signature in the attendance sheet in the presence of the invigilator in the examination hall.
Home
About Us
Administrative Softwares
Contact Us
Pre-Schools
Admission 2024 
