ATET : Second phase of TET appointments held

ATET : Second phase of TET appointments held

ASSAM Teacher Eligibility Test News : -
GUWAHATI: The second phase of appointing teachers who passed the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) took place at Sarusajai Stadium on Sunday. Altogether 14,640 candidates were appointed.

Earlier on May 20, 26,110 candidates were appointed for the lower primary (LP) and middle english (ME) schools in the first phase. The TET examination was held on January 10 this year for the first time.

While distributing the appointment letters to the candidates, chief minister Tarun Gogoi said, "The success of the TET examination and the appointment of teachers in such a large number depended a lot on the co-operation of the Centre too and I thank the Centre for their support."

"The idea was to bring in more qualified teachers who can teach methodically so that the students benefit from it. Besides that, we also want to bring a change in the curriculum and include more vocational subjects which will help students get a job," he said.

The education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after the success of the TET examination for LP and ME schools, TET examination will also be held to appoint teachers in high schools on December 9.

"This is a great success as after 2001, there hasn't been any teachers' recruitment in such a large number. We will conduct another TET examination on December 9 to recruit teachers in the high school level," he said.

"The next phase of appointments was scheduled to take place on September 9, but we preponed it to August 12 as our main aim was to provide teachers in schools where they are required," he added. The TET qualified teachers would also get a special diploma in education training (D.ed), the minister said.

It may be mentioned that there are over 8,000 schools with a single teacher and 12,000 with two teachers in the state. LS Changsen, mission director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) said, "There are thousands of schools with just one or two teachers, so we need more teachers to go to the remote areas."

News Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/guwahati/33181709_1_single-teacher-tet-teachers-eligibility-test / Times of India (14.8.12)
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