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Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) filed a reappraisal petition successful the Supreme Court (SC) seeking exemption from the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).
The federation’s State president G. Hrudaya Raju and wide caput S. Chiranjeevi connected Thursday referred to the Supreme Court’s ruling fixed connected September 1, 2025, stating that adjacent teachers appointed earlier the implementation of the Right to Education Act, 2020, indispensable compulsorily walk the TET.
They said that challenging the SC judgement, the APTF had filed a reappraisal petition successful the apex tribunal seeking exemption from the mandatory request to walk the test. The federation leaders urged the State authorities besides to record a reappraisal petition successful the Supreme Court and marque efforts to unafraid the TET exemption.
They besides appealed to the authorities to exert unit connected the Central authorities to amend the 2017 Act truthful that each headmasters and teachers appointed done assorted DSCs anterior to 2020 are granted exemption from the TET requirement.
GO issued
The A.P. government, meanwhile, issued a G.O. (No. 36) connected Thursday connected the guidelines to beryllium followed for conducting Andhra Pradesh State Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) nether the Right to Education Act, 2009.
The GO referred to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) guidelines, which mentioned that clearance of TET is mandatory for each those aspiring to beryllium teachers successful authorities oregon backstage absorption schools to guarantee nationalist standards and benchmark of teacher prime successful the recruitment process.
It besides cited the Supreme Court judgement successful a civilian appeal, which said that in-service teachers who were recruited anterior to the enactment of the RTE Act, and who person much than 5 years of work near earlier superannuation indispensable suffice successful the TET. The GO said that in-service teachers, therefore, should look for TET to get requisite qualification successful the existent position.
