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The Karnataka government, which has amended the teacher recruitment rules, has brought successful a large alteration successful the weightage of marks, giving much value to the competitory exam people alternatively than the marks obtained successful B.Ed. and D.Ed. courses.
As per the Karnataka Education Department Services (Department of Public Instruction) (Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2026, a full weightage of 0.90 points is fixed to competitory examination. Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) has reduced the weightage to pre-university (PUC), degree, B.Ed and D.Ed courses to 0.10 points.
Aspirants for the posts person alleged this volition facilitate backstage tuition mafia.
Earlier rules
For the recruitment of authorities schoolhouse teachers, the enactment authorization prepares a merit database of eligible candidates based connected the percent of marks obtained successful the competitory examination, TET, grade acquisition and teacher’s acquisition course, utilizing weightage, and calculating the derived percentage. If 2 oregon much candidates get adjacent (derived percentage) marks, the 1 who is elder successful property is considered.
Earlier, portion filling the posts of Primary School Teacher (PST), teaching from classes 1 to 5, and Graduate Primary Teacher (GPT), teaching from classes 6 to 8, the merit database was prepared by giving 0.35 weightage to the marks obtained successful the competitory examination, 0.15 weightage to the marks obtained successful the TET examination, 0.25 to the marks obtained successful the grade oregon PUC, and 0.25 weightage to the marks obtained successful teacher’s acquisition courses.
Also, for candidates with a four-year teacher acquisition degree, 0.35 weightage was fixed to the marks obtained successful the competitory examination, 0.15 weightage to marks obtained successful the TET, and 0.50 weightage was fixed to the marks obtained successful the four-year B.L.Ed., BA/B.Sc ED grade and different courses.
Amendment to rules
The State Government has amended the Karnataka Education Department Services (Department of Public Instruction) (Recruitment) Rules, 1967, and introduced the draught of the Karnataka Education Department Services (Department of Public Instruction) (Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2026, and issued a gazette notification connected January 21, 2026.
As per the draught rules, steps person been taken to springiness 0.70 weightage to marks obtained successful the competitory examination, 0.20 weightage to the marks obtained successful the TET examination, 0.8 to the marks obtained successful the grade oregon PUC, and lone 0.2 weightage to the marks obtained successful the teacher’s acquisition courses.
The draught proposes to springiness 0.70 weightage to the marks obtained successful the competitory introspection for candidates with a four-year teacher acquisition degree, 0.20 to the marks obtained successful the TET, and 0.10 weighatage to the marks obtained successful the four-year B.L.Ed., BA/BSc ED degree.
Aspirants reason draught rules
The teachers station aspirants person expressed absorption to the draught notification.
Ravikumar S.N., a teachers’ station aspirant, said, “Special grooming is fixed successful D.Ed. and B.Ed. courses. Teaching by knowing the mindset of children is simply a large challenge. However, it is achy that the authorities has fixed lone 0.2% weightage to these courses.”
Another aspirant, Bhavya D.R., said, “Most of the candidates are from agrarian areas and mediocre families. Since the State Government has fixed much weightage to competitory exam scores, we request to survey for competitory exams much than for PUC, degree, B.Ed oregon D.Ed courses. Coaching centers related to CET, NEET and different recruitments are already exploiting candidates by charging abdominous fees. Now that much accent is being placed connected competitory exam scores for teacher posts, much coaching centers volition travel up.” She alleged that the authorities has created an situation wherever it is intolerable to get a occupation without coaching.
