PUNJAB TO CONDUCT TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST ON JULY 3

The Punjab Education department is fully geared up to conduct the first ever Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET) on July three in the state and total 314 examination centers have been set up in all 20 districts.

Stating that this here today, a Punjab Education department spokesman said that this test was being conducted in two parts, firstly for those, who have to teach students from Class one to five and other for those who have to teach students of class six to eight. First test would be from 1000 hours to 1130 hours and second from 1330 hours to 1500 hours.
He said that total 1,13,604 candidates were appearing for first test and 1,39,480 candidates would appear in second test. He informed that the Right to Education Act-2009 (RTE) was being implemented through out the country and the Union Human Resource Development Ministry had issued a notification authorising National Council for Teacher Education Academic Authority for fixing minimum qualification for an eligible teacher.

He also informed that RTE Act had made it mandatory that Teacher Eligibility Test would be compulsory for joining as teacher in any Government, aided, unaided or any other school of any institution. Keeping in view this central act, the state government was bound to conduct this TET, he added.

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